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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.

Wednesday 3 March 2021

An Early Morning Walk as The Sun Comes Up 3rd March 2021

Part of the dawn chorus by the riverside in Saltney.
Looking towards Saltney from the Saltney Ferry Footbridge.
Looking towards the Higher Ferry Footbridge from the Wales Coast Path.
Looking towards the Queensferry from the Wales Coast Path.
Distance: 3.8 miles. Climb: 85'.
Time: 1 hour 21 minutes. On the move walking average: 3.1 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.8 m.p.h.
Wind Speed: 0 - 5.2 m.p.h. Temperature: 3.7 Celsius.
Group: Martyn.
I set off just after 06-00, hoping to catch the Sun as it came up. Unfortunately there was too much cloud cover, so the hoped for spectacular red sunrise influenced by the desert sandstorm wasn't on show.  Nevertheless it was still an opportunity to catch up with some of the late risers adding their pitch to the dawn chorus.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common blackbird, Dunnock, Winter wren, Song thrush, Blue tit, Great tit, Greenfinch, Collared dove, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Feral pigeon, House sparrow, Black billed magpie, Black headed gull, Lesser black back gull, Herring gull, Common starling and House sparrow.
Even at this early hour, I wasn't alone, one walker, a dog walker, jogger were already out, as well as a few cyclists (not all on their way to work).
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