Waiting to visit St Collen's Church, Llangollen.
Inside St., Collen's Church, Llangollen.
The superb elaborately hammer-beam roof erected in 1530.
Dinas Bran, but I can't see Fran or Tito!
A Mandarin drake, our most unexpected bird of the day.
The Horshoe Falls.
Walk stats: 11.1 miles. Climb: 1760'.
Time; 5 hours 50 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Annie H., Gordon, Sue and Michel, Tim, Paul, Sylvia and Dave J, Fran and Tito ( after lunch). Celia made it to the car park in Llangollen, but then had to go home with her sick car, the clutch had apparently gone!
The much anticipated spells of sunshine didn't materialise, but at least it wasn't too cold and we didn't get any rain!
On this occasion I decided to see if we could go into St Collen's Church, and what a good choice it was. The carved hammer-beam roof was superb. It makes wonder do we have any craftsmen today that could produce such magnificent work.
We went past Plas Newydd, the home of the "Two Ladies of Llangollen" before heading up hill to Barber Hill. We had good views towards Dinas Bran, but they weren't exactly crystal clear!
Lunch was taken overlooking the river at Llangollen, where we met up with Fran and Tito who had earlier walke upto Dinas Bran. It was on this section of the river that we encountered the drake Manderin duck, happily sitting only a couple of feet from the path.
The second walk didn't give much to demand that it should be repeated, but it was pleasant enough. The size and amount of tree trunks stranded on the island below the Horseshoe Falls made you realise that at times the river must be much higher than it was today.
Birds seen or heard today included: Dunnock, Song thrush, Woodpigeon, Common pheasant, House sparrow, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Mallard, Mandarin duck, Blue tit, Great tit, Winter wren, Kestrel, Common buzzard, Pied wagtail, Common blackbird, Greenfinch, Grey heron, Nuthatch and Barnacle goose.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Corn Mill in Llangollen. Several went for Facers DHB (Dave's Hoppy Beer), but not everyone, Conwy Celebration Ale, a Blackberry Stout and a Pheonix brew were all sampled (only one brew per person!). Not forgetting that a pot of tea, a lime and lemonade and a J2O were also chosen drinks to refresh the tired legs.
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