The Great Orme and Pen-y-Dinas.
The tide was well out as we set off from the West Shore.
Possible cause of the footpath closure.
Feral goats resting on the road.
The Silver studded blue butterfly.
Ed's Silver studded blue.
Looking back towards the West Shore from the top of the Monks Path.
At the trig point on the Great Orme - for some reason wrapped in red plastic.
At the trig point on the Great Orme.
The decent from the Great Ormes.
Pen--dinas - the next objective.
The "rocking stone" on Pen-y-dinas.
Inside the Elephants Cave.
Inside the Elephants Cave.
The entrance to the Elephants Cave.
Looking over the Grand Hotel towards the Little Orme.
It is Summer after all - cricket underway.
A Stonechat looks towards us, but doesn't seem to care.
Ed's Stonchat.
Distance: 7.2 miles. Climb: 1212'.
Time: 4 hours 8 minutes. On the move waking avrage: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
We made a last minute decision to walk on the Great Ormes as this area seemed to give us the best chance of missing out on getting wet. We even delayed the start until after 10-00. This proved to be a good decision, as we wre blessed with warm sunshine before mid-day and just overcast conditions after lunch.
We left West Shore with plenty of roadside parling still available, but by the end of the walk very few spaces were to be found.
Llandudno seemed to be pretty busy with cars and people. Having said that we had no problems keeping to Welsh covid rules, even on the top of the Great Orme, the onlt tight spot was along the Invalid Terrace.
As the path above Marine Drive was still close, we had to follow the road as far as the Monks Path, and unexpectedly we did see a few of the Great Orme star butterlies, the Silver studded blue, as we climbed passed the sunbathing Feral goats.
As ever the views from the Great Orme were good, although the high tops of the Carneddau were still in cloud, It always delightful to stroll across the limestone plateau on the Great Orme and today was no exception.
Lunch was taken in a section of workings on Mynydd Isaf which gave us a little shelter from the breeze as we sat on convenient limestone rocks.
Ed, relying on recent memory, managed to guide me to the summit of Pen-y-dinas, the site of a hillfort south of the ski centre, that I had only recently heard about after watching a tv proramme on a walk on the Great Orme.
Ed also introduced me to the "Elephants Cave" in the cliffs below Pen-y-dinas.
Birds seen or heard today included: Mute swan, Mallard, Jackdaw, Herring gull, Carrion crow, Stonechat, Dunnock, Barn swallow and Meadow pipit.
It was disappointing to find the PC still closed at the West Shore and in the Happy Valley but gratefl that the ones at the start Llandudno end of the Invalid Terrace were open.
A great day out, but we couldn't stretch it to anything more than just over seven milers.
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