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When? Started: 1993 Who? Started with staff and friends from U H S, Chester. Organiser: Martyn Harris We walk every Wednesday and Saturdays, New Years day and May Day. How many walk? Walks take place as long as there are at least 2 wanting to walk on that day. More walk on a Wednesday than on a Saturday. Most ever: 29. Current group size walking: 2-7 in mid-week and 2-4 on Saturday. Where do we walk? Saturday: Anywhere in North and Mid-Wales, Peak District, Shropshire and the Long Mynd and as far North as the Trough of Bowland. Thursday: Anywhere within about 40 miles of Chester. Type of walk: Distance: 6 – 14 miles (but usually under 10 miles). Climb: up to 4000’ (but usually very much less!). People involved on walks in 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Wednesday 25 July 2018

A Pentre-celyn Round 25th July 2018

Looking towards Ruthin the track North west of Moel y Waun.
Another view of the Vale of Clwyd.
Looking South towards Llandegla.
Not quite  a trig point, but the highest point of the walk at the summit cairn on Moel y Plas.
Panorama looking South and west from Moel y Plas.
Looking North along the Clwydian Hills towards Moel Fammau.
Flowering heather (Ling).
A delightful path through the middle of Coed Henblas on the way to Graigfechan.
A large caterpillar crossing the Pentre-celyn road.
Is it a Red admiral caterpillar or Oak eggar moth caterpillar?
Walk stats: 6.8 miles. Climb: 1125'.
Time: 3 hours 57 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and David S.
The forecast for today was one with plenty of Sun and rising temperatures with very little wind.
Even from the start we planned to reduce the walk a little to make sure that we had finished the walk before the hottest part of the day.
 The vies once we had reached the Offa's Dyke Path along the ridge of the Clwydian Hills was pretty good and most of the high hills from the Berwyns, Arenig, to Snowdonia and the Carneddau could all be seen.
 We made a slight detour to the top of Moel y Plas, the location of one of the two Llandegla tumulii
  As we descended from Offa's Dyke Path, our main objective was to find a suitable place to sit out of the glare of the Sun for lunch.
 We found it, a grassy bank between Plas Tyrion and Pentre-coch. As we enjoyed a rest over lunch we were entertained by lots of House sparrows, a Common buzzard directly above us ad a few horses in the paddock opposite.
 We arrived back at the car just before two p.m., having had a good walk nd sufering only one or two more nettle stings and/or bramble scratches.
 Birds seen or heard today included: Common swift, Common buzzard, Bullfinch, Woodpigeon, Mallard, Raven, winter wren, Barn swallow, House sparrow, Goldfinch and Common blackbird. Buterflies seen included, Meadow brown, Speckled wood, Comma and small white.
 After walk drinks were enjoyed in the cool enivrons of the Druids In at Llanferres where a Marston's brew call 61 Pale went down nicely.
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