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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.

Sunday 8 July 2018

St. Celynin's Church and Tal y Fan 7th July 2018

The Conwy Valley from the path North of Tan Rallt.
Looking towards Rowen from the Pilgrims Way.
St. Celynin's Church.
Welsh mountain ponies on the North west side of Craig Celynin.
The Maen Penddu standing stone.
Following path, but is it the right one for Tal y Fan?
Conwy Mountain from the Tal y Fan ridge.
Mike at the trig point on Tal y Fan.
Ed and Martyn  at the trig point on Tal y Fan.
The Northern panorama from the trig point on Tal y Fan.
The long descent to the Rowen road.
The Maen y Bard Neothic burial chamber.
A different view of the Maen y Bard Neothic burial chamber.
Walk stats: Distance: 6.6 miles (6.7 miles on my newest GPS). Climb: 1777'.
Time: 5 hours 10 minute. On the move walking average: 1.8 m.p.h. (2.3 m.p.h. on my newest GPS).
Group: Martyn, Mike and Ed.
We set off about 30 minutes earlier than usual, hoping to complete the climb to Tal y Fan by mid-day and before the temperature rose too much. The initial start of the walk as far as Maen Penddu was in sunshine, but it wasn't too hot and just as we started the final climb to the Tal y Fan ridge, it clouded over, a real blessing. 
 The route as far as Maen Penddu is straight forward, but the final climb to the Tal y Fan ridge not so, but today we probably took the right one. 
 The views today were good, ll in the distance it was quite hazy.
 Mike arrived at the trig int on Tal y Fan just before 12-00, and the rest of us ten minutes or so later. The decision was taken by Mike and Ed that this was a good spot to have lunch, the Sun was back from behind the clouds, but a very pleasant breeze helped to keep us cool.
The descent from the trig point towards Foel Lwyd isn't particularly pleasant, and initially I had planned to wait for lunch until we had reached the stile at the col, but today I was overruled, so we had to suffer the descent after lunch rather than get it over with before lunch.
 The descent to Rowen along the along the old green lane past the Youth Hostel always seems longer than it really is, and steep sections of the tarmac road really challenge our knees.
 We arrived back at the car, having had a good walk, one of the few occasions to do so in fine weather conditions and in time to enjoy a pint or to of Lees bitter at the Ty Gwyn Hotel in Rowen. We stayed in the Ty Gwyn a little longer than we usual do after a walk, but a certain football match happened to be on, so we stayed to half time before setting off home.
 Not many birds around today, but w did see a Red kite, Common buzzard, Raven, Meadow pipit, Stonechat, Carrion crow and Winter wren.
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