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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: 2-10 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 2020:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage, Wendy Peers, Celia de Mengle, Wendy and Ian Peers, Roger Smith, Paul Collinson, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Celia de Mengle, Sue Pearson.

Saturday 3 December 2011

Beyond Llanfor and Y Bala 3rd December 2011.

Llanfor church, sadly no longer in use.
Our lunch-time view across Llyn Tegid.
One of the rainbows seen today.
Underground Craig Y Fron quarries above Bala.
Walk stats: Distance: 10.6 miles. Climb: 1570'.
Time: 5 hours 24 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Celia and Dave J.
Today we had sunshine and showers all day, thankfully none of the showers lasted very long and were never enough to wet us!  However the same couldn't be said for conditions underfoot as we grossed quite a few boggy and at times muddy fields and a ford that was a little deeper than we really wanted!  The wind was a little on the cool side, so winter gear and gloves were appropriate for most of the walk!
Nevertheless this was a good walk with the light and views constantly changing.  We also had the occasional rainbow appearing.
The Afon Tryweryn was quite full and flowing quite rapidly, ideal for canoeing, but to our surprise two Dippers were constantly in and out of the water.  In fact one of them seemed to be swimming on the surface of the water before diving under it, and repeating it time and time again, behaviour that neither Dave or myself have ever seen before.  This deep fast flowing water we thought was not "Dipper territory".
Lunch was taken alongside Llyn Tegid, where we took advantage of the many seats provided.
The underground quarries Craig Y Fron quarries were the most interesting feature on the after lunch part of the walk. The limestone quarried being used to build Capel Tegid and many other buildings that we saw on our history tour of Bala later in the walk.
Birds seen or heard today included: Blue tit, Great tit, Long-tailed tit, Collared dove, Black-headed gull, House sparrow, Pied wagtail, Carrion crow, Raven, Jackdaw, Common buzzard, Black-billed magpie, Eurasian jay, European robin, Mallard, Meadow pipit, Grey heron and Dipper.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Bridge Inn at Pontybodkin, where two good brews from the Cottage brewery were on offer.
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