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When? Started: 1993 Who? Started with staff and friends from U H S, Chester. Organiser: Martyn Harris We walk every Wednesday and Saturdays, New Years day and May Day. How many walk? Walks take place as long as there are at least 2 wanting to walk on that day. More walk on a Wednesday than on a Saturday. Most ever: 29. Current group size walking: 2-7 in mid-week and 2-4 on Saturday. Where do we walk? Saturday: Anywhere in North and Mid-Wales, Peak District, Shropshire and the Long Mynd and as far North as the Trough of Bowland. Thursday: Anywhere within about 40 miles of Chester. Type of walk: Distance: 6 – 14 miles (but usually under 10 miles). Climb: up to 4000’ (but usually very much less!). People involved on walks in 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Saturday, 31 January 2009

Traeth Lafan and Coedydd Aber 31st January 2009

One of the first good views of Aber Falls. The usual lunch spot, but not today!
Richard on a hanky but no panky mission!
What mountain peaks are these? The Glyders we all think!
Walk stats: Distance:11.4 miles; Climb:1961' (calculated from ther GPS tracking data and Memory map, GPS gave 3725', we assumed that this was wrong because the very strong wind must have created too much pressure variations that the height gained was off the mark.)
Time: 5 hours 23 minutes; On the move walking average:2.6 m.p.h.; Overall walk average:2.1 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Richard, Roger, Dave J. and Celia.
Always a good walk and today was no exception. The weather was dry and much warmer than we had expected, but the wind proved to be quite challenging to say the least! Finding a lunch spot wasn't easy either and lunch was taken later than usual, fortunately everyone understood the reasons why and most were happy with the chosen spot! as last year the cocklers from Poland were just finishing their shift as we arrived at the car park. Snow adorned the higher peaks and gave picturesque distant views. The route was remarkably dry and mud free until we crossed the farm fields and farmyard area near the end. Our boots will need more than a bath yet again!
As usual we called in at the bird hide at the Spinnies Nature Reserve, but this time there was quite a lot of birders there. Unfortunately we just missed a Firecrest!
Birds seen or heard today included: Robin, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Mallard, Wigeon, Redshank, Common gull, Black-headed gull, Lapwing, Fieldfare, Redwing, Starling, Curlew, Coal tit, Great tit, Blue tit, Little egret, Goldeneye, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Housesparrow, Pied wagtail, Grey heron, Buzzard and a Kingfisher (seen only by Richard but heard by the birders in the hide).
As usual there was a warm welcome at the Britannia Inn for us where the Lees bitter went down well. Kelly even gave us some of her Rabbit stew to sample. It met with much approval and hopefully it will be added to the regular house menu (as Rabbit pie I hope!)



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