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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.

Thursday 19 January 2012

Fron Hen and Bryn Alyn 19th January 2012

Heading for the hills, not really, but at least good weather is on our side of the hills.
The view across Llanferris from the slopes of Fron Hen.
Lunch-time, just outside Maeshafn.
God's promise of better things to come.
Yes, but it has nothing to do with a rainbow!
Walk stats: Distance: 10.7 miles. Climb:1920'.
Time: 6 hour 12 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.1 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Roger, Gordon, Annie H., Sue and Michel, Phil, Tim, Sylvia and Dave J., Paul and Celia.
The weather forecast fro "Accuweather" today was spot on in terms of the timing of five minute showers, although it didn't ever feel quite as cold as their predicted -2 degrees Celsius. Thankfully we had more sunshine too!
This walk is always a bit of an up and down walk with plenty of opportunities to get boots and trouser legs in need of of  some TLC, today was no exception, but today the worst bits usually encountered didn't live up to their reputation!
We had good views for most of the day, including the opportunity to debate the location of some cooling towers somewhere between Liverpool Cathedrall and Fiddlers Ferry!
Lunch was taken, rather unexpectedly, just outside Maeshafn (Fran and Tito could have joined us had then known!).
Thankfully today we got it right through Nercwys Forest, better than last time.  However we didn't quite complete the walk as described as we  approached  Eryrys along the wrong road. This was in reality a shorty cut, but no-one seemed to object!
Birds seen or heard today included: Mistle thrush, Blue tit, Great , Blackbird, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Carrion crow, European robin, Jackdaw, Nuthatch, Raven, Kestrel, Common buzzard and Black-billed magpie.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Glasfryn where Cwrw Eryry (Snowdonia Ale  by Bragdy Mws Plwsw Cyf (as it always does) , went down particularly well, however  the prices at the Galsfryn didn't, but they never do!
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