Emerging from the Chirk Bank Tunnel.
The woodland path on the Llwybr Maelor Way.
Plenty of water in the Afon .Ceiriog.
Chirk Castle on the skyline.
Limekilns on the roadside on the way to Pont Carog.
The Afon Ceiriog from the bridge with the paque commemorating the Battle of Crogen.
A young lamb seeking protection from its mother.
Lunch time is over - ptreparig to leaeave Chirk Castle.
Chirk Castle from the coach park.
Heading North west from Chirk Castle.
Abundant Primroses along the hedgerows.
Wynnstay Hall on the skyline.
A Mistle thrush in fields West of Plas-Offa.
Back on the towpath heading for Chirk.
Lesser celandine on the bank above the canal.
Emerging from the tunnel on the North side of Chirk.
Walk stats: Distance: 8.8 miles. Climb:710'.
Time: 4 hours 32 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Ed, David S. Wendy, Celia and Fran.
Overall this turned out to be a glorious day for walking, mainly blue skies and warm sunshine all day - Sunhats and shorts recommended.
On arriving at Chirk, we found that the car park was already foll, so ended up parking on Station Road, probably the start point of choice whenever we do this walk again.
On this occasion we started the walk along the canal heading South through the longest of the two Chirk tunnels, a good way to start this walk, reducing the overall climb of the walk a little.
On the higher parts of the walk, distant views were good, Wynnstay Hall stood out prominently on the skyline and the ridge on the North side of the Ceiriog Valley looked superb against the largely blue sky.
On the higher parts of the walk, distant views were good, Wynnstay Hall stood out prominently on the skyline and the ridge on the North side of the Ceiriog Valley looked superb against the largely blue sky.
The Afon Ceirog was higher that usual , although at least one Dipper was seen.
Lunch was taken at Chirk Castle,where conveniently placed tree trunks near the Coach Park provided suitable places to sit. Throughout lunch we were able to bask in the warm sunshine. Lunch was a little longer than usual, it was so pleasant just sitting in the warm sunshine and no-one showed any eagerness to set off.
There were plenty of Spring flowers along the hedgerows, requiring plenty of stops a and much debating a we attempted to identify them. Was that one Common bistort or Common broomrape or even Butterbur? It was in fact Butterbur.Other flowers seen included: Primrose, Lesser celandine, Daffodil, lesser periwinkle, Common daisy,Common dandelion, Green field speedwell and Common dog violet. Plenty of garlic smells as we went through woodland, bt still a little early for Ramsons to be in flower.
Birds seen o heard today included: House sparrow, Blue tit, Great tit, Goldfinch, Rook, wood nuthatch, Common blackbird, Jackdaw, Canada goose, Greylag goose, Dipper, Mallard and Common buzzard.
Birds seen o heard today included: House sparrow, Blue tit, Great tit, Goldfinch, Rook, wood nuthatch, Common blackbird, Jackdaw, Canada goose, Greylag goose, Dipper, Mallard and Common buzzard.
The last parrt of the walk was along the canal and involved going through the shorter of the two tunnels.
Overall a very enjoyable walk, culminating in a well earned drink at the Pant-yr-Ochain at Gresford on the way home. Titanic Plum porter and Purple Moose Snowdonia Ale went down paticularly well.
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