The watch tower on Tower Hill, south of Abergele.
The North Wales coast from Tower Hill.
Moefre Isaf from the lane leading south to Moefre.
It must be the Ministry for Silly Walks out for the day!
Lunch time in the qarry.
Ears of barley waving in the wind.
Walk stats:
Distance: 9.1 miles. Climb: 1545' (wind assisted GPS reading) in reality more like 1250'.
Time : 4 hours 41 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h. Overall all walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Temperature: Max - 21.2 Celsius in a sheltered spot in the Sun at lunch time. Minimum - 16.2 Celsius o the top of Moelfre Isaf.
Beaufort Wind Force: 2 - 4. Mainly a gentle breeze, reaching a moderate breeze (18 m.p.h.) on the top of Moelfre Isaf.
Group: Maryn, Mike and Ed.
The forecast suggested that the morning would be dry and quite windy with an increase in chance of rain in the afternoon. The forecast strength of the wind indicated that using an umbrella might be problematic.
Both the Met Office and BBC (Meteo) got it right today with rain arriving at about 12-40 just after we headed dowhill after lunch.
The wind was behind us, so we were able to use umbrellas for about half an hour during the worst of the rain.
In the morning distant views were quite good, although the high mountain tops of Snowdonia were in cloud when we saw them from the trig point on Moelfre Isaf.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common whitethroat, Collared dove, Carrion crow, Rook, Common blackbird, House sparrow, Goldfinch Dunnock, Woodpigeon and Skylark.
We also saw Speckled wood and Red admiral butterflies in Coed Abergele.
Overall an enjoyable walk, and for once the paths were largely dry and mud-free.
We arrived back at the start just after 14-15, earlier than we expected, giving us the chance t call in at the Blue Bell in Halkyn for a pint of Lees Bitter on the way home.
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