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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 1 May 2019

An Aberwheeler and Llandyrnog Round 1st May 2019

On the Clwydian Way heading towards Llaweni Hall and the Afon Clwyd.
Greylag geese grazing in the fields.
The Clwydian Hills from the banks of the Afon Clwyd South east of Llaweni Hall.
Walking around a former river bed of the Afon Clwyd.
Several young calves seen on the afon Clwyd flood plain.
Not one of the easiest stiles to negotiate.
You can play football anywhere!
A Great cormorant spotted by our "twitcher" DS.
Good Bluebells or bad Bluebells?
Good Bluebells or bad Bluebells?
Feeding time at Llandyrnog.
The Clwydian Hills fromthe path North of Pentre Mawr.
Are these enough to make this a Bluebell Wood Walk?
"Heads up, there is only one more stile to go!"
Walk tats: Distance: 8.9 miles. Climb: 278'.
Time: 5 hours 0 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel,Roger, Wendy, Nigel, Fran and David S.
This proved to be a much better day for walking than most of the forecasts suggested. Only a few spots of rain towards the end of the walk, and at times pleasantly warm.
 As far as getting wet was concerned it was the several fields that we walked through that had lush wet grass - I should have put my gaiters on!
 I did describe the walk as having a couple of awkward stiles to negotiate, that turned out to be a gross understatement!
 We did see plenty of flowers, including Bluebells, but mainly on the roadside verges, although a couple of woods that we went through had a few Bluebells showing.
 Lunch was taken at Llandyrnog, where we took advantage of one of the pic-nic tables and seats at Llandyrnog FC Ground and local adventure playground.
Birds seen or heard today included: House sparrow, Barn swallow, Rook, Greylag goose, Mallard, Shelduck, Grey heron, Great cormorant, Carrion crow, Common buzzard, European robin, Common blackbird, Yellow hammer and Great spotted woodpecker.
 We arrived back at the car, having had a good walk, still grumbling about the number of stiles that had been negotiated, but all was soon forgotten after refreshment at the nearby Dinorban Armsat Bodfari.The brews of choice included: Fellinfoel's Double Dragon and the Pheonix brewed Brunning and Price Original.
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