The first Bluebells of the day on the roadside heading North out of Ysceifiog.
Looking South towards Moel Famau from the path heading East from Waen Isaf.
Primrose and Violets.
Wood sculpture naturally created.
"Me and my big brother".
We thought we had found an early lunch spot, but these two friendly donkeys changed our minds.
Bluebells in Rhoft Wood-the best display seen today.
The view from my lunch spot.
March marigolds in the wood opposite Bryn Rug.
More Primroses on the roadside.
The church at Ysceifiog.
Walk stats: 8.8 miles. Climb: 1166'.
Time: 4 hours 56 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. (2.5 m.p.h. on my newest GPS). Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel, Roger, Wendy, Mike and David S.
Overall this turned out to be a good day for walk, not too hot and not too cold, and the frequent afternoon showers didn't last too long, the longest was about twenty minutes as we descended to the road towards the fisheries.
This was a good day for Spring flowers, Primroses were everywhere and the small valley East of Waen Isaf had masses of Primroses. Other flowers included: Dog violets, Bluebells, Wood anemone and Marsh Marigold.
Lunch was taken a little later than usual, having completed over five miles, but one very loudly braying donkey put us off stopping at our usual lunch spot. It wasn't the best lunch spot that we have ever had, but at least we all found somewhere to sit and thankfully the Sun came out once more.
The climb up the road to Ysceifiog from the Mold-Denbigh road is always a drag at the end of the walk, but no alternatives were available.
On this occasion I decided to keep to the road to see if the start of the footpath just North of Tan-llan could be located as in the past we had failed to find. Thankfully much of the overgrowth around the stile had been cut back and we were able to use the field path Ysceifiog church tower as a direction pointer.
Birds seen or heard today included: House sparrow, Common chaffinch Common blackbird, Common pheasant, Starling, Wood nuthatch, Blue tit, Great tit, Dunnock, Barn swallow, Woodpigeon, Black-billed magpie and Goldfinch.
Overall a very enjoyable walk, with no rain at the start, at lunch or on arriving back at the car. In fact it was warm and sunny as we approached Ysceifiog at the end of the walk.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Britannia Inn at Halkyn, where the best drink on offer was a cup of tea, alas they had run out of Lees bitter! Lagers or Guinness to me were not acceptable alternatives, although some of the group did enjoy the latter.
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