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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.

Wednesday 28 November 2018

Waun-y-Llyn Country Park, Hope Mountain and Wood Pitt 28th November 2018.

At the topograph in Waun-y-Llyn Country Park.
A "Tie Tree" - the first that I have ever seen!
Looking across the quarry toward Waun-y-Llyn.
At the trig point in Waun-y-Llyn Country Park - point where the wind was at its strongest.
or is Sue saying
 "Why am I here? 
Roger doesn't look that happy either!
The trig point on Hope Mountain - will I ever get there?
Good to see St. Michael's Church, Llanfynydd. is still being used.
The Southern entrance to Wood Pitt Nature Reserve.
Lunch along the old railway track in Wood Pitt Nature Reserve.
Rainbow over the Railway Inn  at Pontybodkin.
Walk stats: 5.0 miles. Climb: 1001'.
Time: 2 hours 55 minutes. On the move walking average; 2.3 m.p.h (2.6 m.p.h. on my newest GPS. Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Roger, Sue and Michel.
This wasn't a day where walking in warm sunshine was very likely., showers were the best we could expect, not cold (shorts temperatures really), but winds gusting to over 30 m.p.h. forecast.
 We set off towards Waun-y-Llyn Country Park with a sort of dampness in the air, but anything we could really call rain. However as we entered Waun-y-Llyn Country Park, it was now raining, enough to put rain drops on the lens of my camera which can't be removed satisfactorily even with appropriate it software!
 Crossing the ridge through Waun-y-Llyn Country Park, we should have had our best distant views, but today rain clouds got in the way. 
 Between Waun-y-Llyn Country Park  toposcope ant trig point we came across a tree adorned with several ties - was this a way that escaped classroom teachers celebrated not needing to ever wear a tie unless they actually wanted to do so?
 Although it wasn't too unpleasant, the persistent rain as the main reason why we decided to shorten the walk and one or two short cuts were taken.
 As we entered Wood Pitt Nature Reserve we anticipated having lunch back at the car, but part way along we located a suitable bench, just at it stopped raining. Happily we stopped to enjoy our lunch the great outdoors. Initially I sat in my short sleeve shirt, but after about 15 minutes I had to put my waterproof back on as it had started to rain again.
 As we arrived back at the car park at Coed-Talon/Pontybodkin a rainbow appeared over the Railway Inn, but this wasn't enough to encourage us to extend the walk further - refreshments at the Bridge Inn seemed a much better idea, especially we weknew it would have a real fire!
 Weetwood Best Bitter was the only real ale on offer, but went down well as we cooked around the fire.
 Not many birds seen or heard today, but those we did include: Goldfinch, House sparrow, Woodpigeon and Common blackbird.
  Checking my e-mails when I got home, good news  from David S, he has been given the go ahead to resume walking and hopes to join us on the walk next Wednesday.

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