Walks and Dates August 2015

As many of the Saturday walkers have holidays in August, I have decided not to post suggested walks for each Saturday.
However if you are home and decide you would like to walk on a particular Saturday, please contact and a suitable walk could be arranged.
Thursday 6th August 2015.

Prestatyn to Talacre and Back.

Distance: 10 miles. Climb: 200'.
Start at Barkby Beach Car Park, park near the PC. Grid ref: SJ068839.
Leave Chester at 09-00 a.m.
This is a walk that is always on the list at least twice a year. Hopefully we will see some Little terns, so bring binoculars with you. We will complete the walk by heading for Talacre through the Golf course and Caravan Park, and then through the Nature Reserve. We will have lunch on the path that leads towards Point of Ayr, where there ae a few picnic tables, hopefully not occupied when we arrive! The return route will be along the coast, paying a visit to the Gronant Little tern view point.  High tide at about 16-15  (38.4' / 8.7 m.)., not too high, so we shouldn't have any problems doing the walk this way round.

Thursday 13th August 2015.

Another Encounter with Moel Fferna.

Distance:8+ miles; Climb:2000'.
Start: Layby on A5 just East of Glyndyfrdwy next to the Butterfly Man Craft Centre. Grid ref:SJ115436.
Leave Chester 9-00 a.m.
This is a route that we first did in June 2010. The walk is taken from John Tranter's book "Walks in and Around the Berwyn Mountains". The approach is along the Nant y Pandy path, but then goes through the remains of the Deeside Quarry and Moel Fferna Quarry before heading off to the summit of Moel Fferna. Route finding may be a challenge! Apparently Ring Ouzels nest in the quarry, hopefully we may be lucky enough to see one. Hopefully the weather will be kind too!

Thursday 20th August 2015.

Fron Hen and Bryn Alyn.

Distance: 10-11 miles. Climb: 1800'.

Start: Layby on the A494 Mold to Ruthin Road, about 1/2 mile South of Llanferres. Grid ref: SJ187597.

Leave Chester 09-00 a.m.

This walk uses two walks from Dave Berry's book More Walks in the Clwydian Hill".  We have combined these walks on several occasions before and the section over Bryn Alyn is always good. It will also give us another opportunity to test our route finding skills through Nercwys Forest again! Admittedly the last couple of times we have had no problems in finding the right path, we've done it so many times over the tears that at last the route seems to be etched in to our memories!

This good walk has its challenges and its delights too!

Thursday 27th August 2015.

Llanefydd, Mynydd y Gaer and Moelfre Isaf.

Distance: 9-10 miles;Climb: 1700'.

Start: Car park by the village hall in Llanefydd, opposite the Buck Inn. Grid ref:SH982706.

Leave Chester 9-00 a.m.

This walk is taken from Lorna Jenner's book "Walking in the Vale of Clwyd and the Denbigh Moors", and is a walk that we really enjoyed the first time that we did it. This is a refreshing walk over Moel y Gaer, the site of an Iron Age hill fort. Again we will extend the walk to include Moelfre Isaf. Last done in October 2013.