The Afon Clywedog.
Blubells still in flower.
Some very youg lambs near Baced Farm.
An avenue of Foxgloves.
Escaping from the avenue of Gorse.
Windmills at work.
Moel Famau from our lunchspot.
The Clwydian Hills from the bridleway leading to Penrhos / Baced Farm.
The Clwydian Hills from the track on the east side of MoelMoel y Fron.
Looking through the trestowards Cyffyliog.
Walk stats:
Distance: 10.7 miles. Climb: 1729' (GPS Wind asisted reading).
Time: 5 hours 50 minutes. On the move walking avege: 2.3 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Temperature: Max 17.8 Celsius(feeling warmer in sheltered sposts). Min 15.8 Celsius.
Beaufrt Wind Force: 2 - 4. Mainly a light to gentle breeze, occasionally gusting to a moderate breezwe.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
Parking in Cyfylliog is very limited at the best of times and we arrved to find that a Ramblers group were starting there as well. All the best parking places were already taken. Thankfully Ed managed to squeeze his car into one of the last places available. The Ramblers were expecting upto six more cars to arrive, so where they managed to park is a mystery as we arrived back at the cars after they had departed.
The weather forecast suggested a small chance of showers between sunny spells and windy.
It was pretty accurate, s we did get soe light rain, never enough for me to stop to put on waterproofs and Ed used his umbrella (a bit of a challenge in the wind).
We had good distant views of the Clwydian Hills at several points on the walk with Moel Famau being easy to identify.
We were disappointed to find that we couldn't get access anywhere near Clywedog Reservoir and we couldn't spot the Osprey nesting platform (if it ever existed).
We had hoped to find a suitable lunchspot near the reservoir, but instead found a place along the Clwydian Way. Ed used a remaining tree stump and I sat in the heather on the side of the track.
We often describe walks as Bluebell Wood Walks, but this was a walk for Foxgloves, they seemed everywhere.
I did see a small deer, but didn't see it long enough to decide what sort it was (prossblly a Roe deer).
Birds seen or heard included: Common chaffinch, Winter wren, Grey wagtail, Common backbird, Common pheasant, Willow warbler, Great spotted woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon, Meadow pipit, Black billed magpie, Song thrush, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, House sparrow, Barn swallow, Common buzzard (several seen) and Common swift (seen as we enjoyed as we sat outside the Ruthin Castle Hotel (Wetherspoons).
Overall an enjoyable walk, but if repeated will be adapted as the the objective to visit Clywedog reservoir is no longer worthwhile.
A pint of Big Bog Brewery's Padi Bitter was enjoyed, sitting outside at the Ruthin Castle Hotel. We even had what was probably our best views of the day of Moel Famau.
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