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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.

Monday 15 February 2021

The Old Dee Bridge Circuit Again 15th February 2021

The Old Dee Bridge Circuit Again.
Snowdrops blooming always enough to raise your spirits.
A Woodpigeon - my bird of the day?
Daffodils looking longingly over the fence towards sunny Wales.
The higher river water near the Chester Riveside Promenade pat at the Roodee Racecourse.
A Great cormorant in typical pose.
The Beluga ST4, wheels down, coming into land at Airbus, Broughton.
One of the resident Ravens on this patch.
Towards the end of the walk, views toward Hope Mountain.
Photo taken from Mold Junction road bridge, Saltney Ferry.
Distance: 9.7 miles. Climb: 184'.
Time: 3 hours 42 minutes. On the move walking average: 3.0 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.6 m.p.h.
Max wind speed: 14.1 m.p.h. Max temperature: 12.1 Celsius.
Group: Martyn.
The forecast for today looked good, especially in the afternoon with sunny periods and temperatures above 10 Celsius, but feeling like about 7 on the cards. They got it right, except there was a couple of spells of extremely light rain, just enough to annoy those unfortunate enough to need to where spectales!
Being a sad person, I watched the test match from Chennai to the end, beforegetting ready to set off.
I was about to set off when my doorbell went, it was my pastor from WEF, Robin, delivering a booklet "#LIVE LENT" produced by the Church of England. it includes a daily Bible reading, meditaion and prayer for each day from 17th February upto Easter. WEF members including me, plan to follow it. It is available on line as well and you can listen to someone else reading the Bible passage.
I arrived at the riverside to find the river very high and the incoming tide flowing at pace towards Chester.
The birds seemed very quiet and at one point I thought the best bird spot would be the Woodpigeon.
It did get better, especially when the Sun came out, so the birds that I saw or heard included: Mallard, Moorhen, Black headed gull, Herring gull, Raven, Blue tit, Great tit, Song thrush Greenfinch, Common chaffinch, Common blackbird, Canada goose, Great cormorant, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Winter wren, Long tailed tit,  Woodpigeon, Collared dove, House sparrow, Feral pigeon. Grey heron, European robin, Common starling, Goldfinch and Goosander.
What made my day was a dog walker that I had encountered a few times on this route during the various periods of "lockdown" and he asked "have you been OK, as he hadn't seen me for a few weeks".
Except for the cricket, this has been a really good day!

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