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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 16 March 2022

Chirk, Craignant, Selattyn Hill, Selattyn and More 16th March 2022

The Chirk Auaduct just aftwer setting off.
Alpacas showing interest in these "odd ball" walkers!
Chirk Castle from the Maelor Way.

On the the Offa's Dyke.

Was this the reason why David S decided to take a short cut back to Chirk?
The view from my lunch spot - not brilluant but at least6 there were daffodild.!

The rest of the group at lunch - seat for on at the picnic table!
Inside Selattyn Tower.
Selattyn Tower,
The Seattyn Tower info board.
St Mary's church, Selattyn.
First views of the "temple / replica of Stonenhenge".
Escaping from the "tunnel",
Looking back through the "tunnel".
Another view of the "temple / replica of Stonenhenge".
Approaching Chirk tunnel, but not for us today!
St. Mary's Church,Chirk the start and of the walk today,
Distance: 11.0 miles. Climb: 1422'.
Time: 6 hours 32 minutes. On the move walking aerage: 2,2 m.p.h. Overall wlk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
temperature: 11.2 Clsius at lunch. 8. 2 Celsius a we passed the Butchers Arms at Weston Rhyn and 6 Celsius at Chirk at the end of the walk.
Ba\ufort Wind Force: At most 2 - just a light breeze.
Group: Martyn, Ed, Nigel, Fran and David S.
we were expecting rain all day, but thankfully it didn't really arrive until after lunch.
The higlight of the walk was walking on the the Offa's Dyke, all we had to do now was to see the "temlpe / replica of Stnonehenge.
All objectives achieved, but perhaps not as we had originally planned.
Birds seen o heard today included: Collared dove, Commn blackbird, Mallard, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Chiffchaf, Common pheasant, House sparrow, Wood nutatch, House sparow, Blue tit and Great tit.
we arrived back at the cars, having had a longer walk than most of us would have liked and all decided that the best option was to head straight home and miss out the usual visit to a local hostelry!



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