On the main road from London to Holyhead at least it was before the A5 was built!
Looking Northwards down the Conwy Valley, should have been one of the views of the day!
Capel Garmon Burial Chamber.
At the Capel Garmon Burial Chamber.
Walk stats: Distance: 10.8 miles. Climb: 1686'.
Time: 6 hours 1 minute. On the move walking average: 2.1 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Dave J and Mike.
The weather expected was snow changing to rain. We didn' get any snow, but we did get rain for most of the day. At least it was only very light and we didn't have any wind to add to our problems and it didn't seem particularly cold. Thankfully we weren't in the rain at lunch time, thanks to a superb new bus shelter at Capel Garmon!
The first part of the walk took us through a farm that seemed to have dogs running everywhere. I commented to a man at the farm that he must love dogs. He replied that he did. It turned out to be an animal sanctuary!
This walk had plenty of potential for being muddy on par with some of our Derbyshire walks, but today with much of the ground still frozen it was marginally better.
Distant views weren't very clear, but at least they were there!
The only problem that we encountered was going through a farm yard, where the access track was covered in ice, but we managed to get round it safely by clinging on desperately to a wall.
Birds seen or heard today included: European robin, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common buzzard, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, House sparrow, Blue tit, Great tit, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Grey heron, Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle thrush, Eurasian Jay, Black-billed magpie and Blackbird.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Britannia Inn at Halkyn where the Lees bitter was in good condition. The fires were lit at both ends of the room, but it still wasn't that warm at our end!
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