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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, 23 March 2022

A Ysceifiog - Lixwm - Nannerch Round 23rd March 2022


1 KING CUP BY YSCEIFIOG LAKE.
2 WEIR BY YSCEIFIOG LAKE.
3 WHY ARE WEIR WAITING.
4 PREFOUND SAYING BY FFRITH FARM ON THE GREEN TRACK WE TOOK INSTEAD OF DEVISED ROUTE.
5 VERY YOUNG LAMBS IN HAFOD-DEW FARM.
6 DONKEYS NEAR LIXWM.
 LUNCH SPOT IN THE SUN.
8 NANNERCH CHURCH.
9 NOT SO DELIGHTFUL PATH FROM FRON.
10 ALMOST BACK TO YSCEIFIOG CHURCH AND OUR START POINT.
Distance 8.5 miles Climb 1000ft appx Time 5 hours
Group Mike, Nigel, Fran and Ed
Temperature Appx 15c wind slight breeze.
It was almost perfect conditions for a walk today with bright sunshine and a cooling breeze.
We started by walking past Ysceifiog lake and into the woods, but seemed to of missed the correct path, so found a delightful green track from Bron Fadog farm that went the correct way. Against the norm, we had a coffee stop near Waen Isaf, looking over towards Moel Famau. We then headed towards Lixwm, arriving a little too early for lunch we decided to press onwards, eventually having lunch in a field near Rhewl looking over a lovely house. After a leisurely lunch in the sun we headed towards Nannerch and down a lovely streamside path towards Fron. Unfortunately the next path from Fron wasn't so delightful with overgrown brushes After that it was pretty much easy going back to Ysceifiog.
Unfortunately the Fox is closed on a Wednesday so post walk drinks were taken at the Blue Bell.
Identified Birds seen on walk, Common Buzzard, Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Canada Goose, Blackbird
Flowers seen on walk King cup, Celendine, Violet, Wood Anenome, Wild Strawberry, Primrose, Pink Campion.
Report and photos thanks to Ed. 
The best I could do was clean out the water but and hope for rain to fill it. alas the only rain in the forecast is over a week away!

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