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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: 2-7 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 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Sunday 13 December 2020

Llanfairfechan, Aber-Ogwen and Abergwyngregyn 12th December 2020.

Llanfairfechan, Aber-Ogwen and Abergwyngregyn 
Brent gees offshore at Llanfairfechan.
Coast view from the Wales Coast Path west of Llanfarfechan.
Getting round the muddy waters approaching Afon Aber footbridge.
The mud slope barrier on the Wales Coast Path west of Cwrtiau.
Penrhyn Castle from the entrance to the Aber-Ogwen Coastal Car Park.
View of the coast from the Abergwyngregyn Road.
Another view of the coast from the Abergwyngregyn Road.
St. Bodfan's Church at Abergwyngregyn.
Distance: 12.3 miles. Climb: 394'.
Time: 5 hours 8 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.8 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Mike.
We decided to use the Wales Coast Path on our outward route from Llanfairfechan to Aber-Ogwen.
A cool breeze accompanied us at the start, but it didn't take long to warm up.
The tide was on the way out, so we didn't get many good views of waders and seabirds. but it started well with good views of Brent geese on the water near the shingle shore opposite Llanfairfechan boating lake.
Birds seen or heard included: Brent gees, Oystercatcher, Herring gull, Black headed gull, Great black back gull, Wigeon, Common redshank, Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Mallard, Mute swan, Housesparrow, Goldfinch, Blue tit, Great tit, Shelduck, Eurasian curlew, Common buzzard, Grey heron, Common blackbird, European robin., Rook, Jackdaw and Carrion crow.
We qarrived at the Aber-Ogwen car park to find it pretty full, mainy with vehicles used by the cocklers.
We used one of the picnic benches for our lunch spot, and were unfortunate to experience a light shower for about ten minutes, but not enough to stop us enjoying lunch.
After lunch we decided to take the slightly longer road route back to via Abergwyngregyn and Pentre-du.
the views across the fields towards the coast were superb, and the cocklers were so far out you could only just spot they were still working after 2 hours when we first saw them going out at about mid-day.
We arrived back at the car having had a good walk, but legs feeling well excercised and ready to enjoy suitable refreshment when we got home.
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