Looking across the Cledwyn Valley. 
One of the earliest views.
Is this a silly walk then?
Heading down hill!
An unusual lunch spot, supported by a fallen tree!
One of the last views of the day, Snowdonia in the distance beyond the wind turbines.
Walk stats: distance:6.5 miles:Climb:1494'.
Time:3 hours 52 minutes; On the move walking average:2.2 m.p.h.;Overall walk average:1.7 m.p.h.
Group:Martyn, Richard, Celia, Gordon, Sue and Michel. Sue and Dave P, Sylvia and Dave J. and Georgie.
Schools are out, so numbers were boosted by a couple of workers joining us. No prizes for guessing who they are.
The weather turned out to be better than expected, especially after we had to shelter for about 10 minutes before getting out of the car. Showery during the morning and glorious sunshine in the afternoon.
As expected route finding wasn't always easy and Satmap again proved useful, even if the operator was more than challenged at times. In fact downloading the route onto Memory Map showed that we had followed the described walk almost to the letter!
This was a really lovely walk, not very high, but giving good views once the clouds had disappeared. The route did present challenges of fording streams, impossible today as they were well and truly in spate! Fortunately we found a farmers footbridge by one and a well placed gate at the other, enough to make us decide not to extend the walk to Moel Seisiog with at least one more bridgeless stream to cross. Much of the last mile or so of the walk was across open' pathless, boggy moorland, it seems that I was the only one still left with dry feet!
A shorter walk than normal. but Dave J. still managed a little extra mileage by chasing after Georgie who sneaked into a field containing sheep and at one point looked like disappearing over the horizon. Much to Dave's surprise a desperate repeated shout of "stay" resulted Georgie obeying and she was quickly reunited with her lead!
Birds seen or heard today included:Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Swallow, House sparrow, Buzzard, Grey wagtail, Pied wagtail, Meadow pipit and Lesser Black-backed gull.
Most of us had good sightings of a Brown hare as we descended the last pasture of the day.
After walk drinks (mainly Lees bitter) were enjoyed as always at the Britannia Inn at Pentre Halkyn where even Benjy the Spaniel was on hand to welcome us!
Most of us had good sightings of a Brown hare as we descended the last pasture of the day.
After walk drinks (mainly Lees bitter) were enjoyed as always at the Britannia Inn at Pentre Halkyn where even Benjy the Spaniel was on hand to welcome us!
This is a walk that we will do again, knowing that a few cars can be parked safely in the village of Gwertherin.
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