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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.

Saturday 30 April 2022

A Three Lakes Walk on Denbigh Moors 30th April 2022

Llyn Aled from  the moors on the its north west side.
A Skylark.
The same Skylark.
Aled Isaf reservoir in the distance.
The approach to Llyn Alwen.
An Osprey nesting plarform, but no sign of an Osprey looking to take up residence.

The open moors north west of the Llyn Alwen access track.
Not perfect distant views of Moel Siabod.
The site of stone rows south of Cefnen Wen.
Highland cattle grazing on Denbigh Moor
I don't think Ed likes his lunch today.
There used to be a stile here, not  good one, but much better than this hazardous replacement.
A change from young lambs,
Llyn alwen from the moors north west of Bwlch y Garnedd.
The Alwen Reservoir as we approached the footbridge.
I could't resist aving just one photo of lambs.
Walk stats: 
Distance: 12.5 miles. Climb: 1572'.
Time: 7 hours 0 minutes. s On the move walking average: 2.1 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Temperature: 11.7 Celsius at the start. Max 17.2 Celsius at lunch. Min 9.8 Celsius at the end of the walk.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 - 3. Mainly light air, but towards the end it reached 10 m.p.h. - a Gentle breeze.
Group: Martyn and Ed
This was almost a perfect day for walking, not too hot and not too cold and very little wind for most of the day.
Much of the walk was over pathless moorland, heather and tussocky grass is not the easiest terrain to cross. he worst section was after lunch as we followed the line of the old Denbigh to Pentrefoels road to footbridge over the Alwen Reservoir.
One broken stile and two problem gates didn't help.
This was day for seeing and hearing Skylarks and Meadow pipits, but there were other birds as well. The other birds seen or heard today included: Canad goose, Mallard, Common buzzard, Wheatear, Carrion crow, Pied wagtail, Eurasian curlew, European robin, Great cormorant, Barn swallow, Willow warbler, Winter wren,  Lapwing and Red kite.
The final stretch of road to Aled Alwen seems much longer than 1.3 miles.
We arrived back at the cars feeling pretty tired, with legs believng we had walked more than our GPSs had recorded and even more than the 13.5 miles recorded by my phone's step counter!
We were both looking forward to a pint of Purple Moose;s Snowdonia Ale at The Swan in Llanfair Talhaiarn. Alas we had to be satisfied with Bank's Mild  I didn't have a takeaway!
The barman did reassure us that they would be stocking Snodonia Ale again in the near future.

























 

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