On the way to Seventh Heaven, but you can't tell!
Our first views of the aqueduct and railway viaduct from Shropshire?
Pont Faen, he oldest stone bridge in the Ceiriog Valley.
A pleasant woodland path early in the walk.
Chirk Castle as we descended towards the B4500.
Local history at the bridge North of Bronygarth.
Looking south west towards the Ceiriog Valley.
The panorama looking North and East as we headed to the Llangollen canal on the Offa's Dyke path.
Female Mallard with a small duckling trying to escape on the Llangollen canal.
Tunnel successfully negotiated.
Looking North along the towpath on the Llangollen Canal, just North of Chirk.
Walk stats: Distance 8.2 miles (8.5 miles on newest GPS. Climb: 836' (1000' if you went ahead, not anticipating someone might decide to take a short cut!
Time: 4 hours 26 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h. (2.7 m.p.h. on my newest GPS). Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, David S., Wendy, Ed, Paul, Sue and Dave P.
We had hoped that this would be Celia's come back walk, but at the last minute she thought the high temperatures forecast would make it difficult, and decided to stay at home where she could keep cool.
After leaving Chirk, the first of road path taken , descended quite steeply,and most of us were glad when we had reached Seventh Heaven. Soon afterwards we realised that we were on the Shropshire Way, so our first view of the aqueduct and viaduct was in fact from England.
on reaching the road along the Ceiriog Valley, Paul, Sue an Dave P, decided to head back to the cars by taking the path leading to Chirk Castle, while the rest of us headed along the Offa's Dyke Path, all the way to the Llangollen Canal.
Finding somewhere in shade to have lunch, we thought would be a problem, but thankfully we found a spot just after leaving the road on our way towards Caeugwynion farm. It was only on the grass in the shade of a large oak tree, but it was pleasant enough, especially as it coincided with a cool breeze.
Surprisingly the heat wasn't as bad as we expected, and for once it wasn't a humid heat. Nevertheless we were still grateful for the many sections on the walk when we were shaded by trees.
At the highest point on the walk, we had good views back towards the Ceiriog Valley and ahead of us where the views extended towards the Cheshire Plain and beyond.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common swift, Barn swallow, Grey wagtail, Common buzzard, Mallard, Jackdaw.
Overall a good and varied walk, especially so for me, a I hadn't explored any of the paths used today.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Hand Hotel in Chirk, so Ed could join us before heading home. Choic of real ales was limited, but at least they had two on offer. Salopian's Requiem brew, excellently poured without the sparkler, went down well.
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