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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: 2-10 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 2020:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage, Wendy Peers, Celia de Mengle, Wendy and Ian Peers, Roger Smith, Paul Collinson, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Celia de Mengle, Sue Pearson.

Saturday 22 September 2018

Lake Views Upland Pastures and Around Cwm Glyn from Llangower 22nd September 2018.

First views of Llyn Tegid and the Arreniga.
Looking across Llyn Tegid towards the Arrenigs.
Pleasant green tracks on the way to Bala.
Llyn Tegid and the Arreniga.
First views of the Arans.
"Are you sure this is the path?"
One of the pleasant paths through the woods.
The summit of Arrenig Fawr finally clear as we descended towards Llangower.
The cascading Afon Glyn North west of Glyn Mawr.

Llangower Station at the end of the walk - train due at 16-40, but it didn't arrive on time, so we headed for home.
Walk stats: Distance: 10.2 miles. Climb: 1943'.
Time: 6 hours 46 minutes. On the move walking average: 1.9 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.5 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Roger.
We set off quite early from the Llangower Station Car Park and the paths seemed clearly waymarked. Some of the views over Llyn Tegid towards the Arrenigs were superb, but wisps of cloud lingered on the summit of Arrenig Fawr.
 Too early for lunch by the lake, we climbed through Ffridd fach-ddeiliog before having lunch.
 After lunch there was a dampness in the air that encouraged us to put waterproof on.
 Good views of the Arans were seen as we approached Cwm Glyn.
 Route find around Cwm Glyn between Ffridd Bach and cae'r hafotty required plenty of pondering over the map to decide the best way to go, and in places only having the GPS mapping got us out of jail!
 Probably are best view of Arrenig Mawr was seen as we descended on a green track toward Glyn Mawr.
 We reached the road near Cae-glas, and followed the road Northwards to Llangower and the start of our walk.
 We arrived back at the car having had good walk, with legs quite tired from the higher than usual climb and trekking across some quite boggy and challenging terrain.
 Birds seen or heard today included: Great tit, Carrion crow, Raven, Common buzzard, Wood nuthatch, European robin, Winter wren, Woodpigeon and Common buzzard.

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