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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 15 June 2022

The Eglwyseg Escarpments and Trefor Rocks 15th June 2022

Looking down on the Monument from Trefor Rocks.
A bit of "scrammbling" I wasn't expecting!
A new view of Dinas Bran.
Llangollen from Trefor Rocks.
On top of the world above Trefor Rocks.
One of the many Meadow Pipits seen today.
"Why are we waiting - again!"
That's a good idea - staying in the shade.
"Me and my new friends"
or
"At least they are following me."
A view of the Llantysilio Mountains, just in case any of Harris Hikers is missing them!
The view from our lunchspot overlooking the Eglwyseg Valley.
The Eglwyseg Escarpments ahead.
Walk stats: distance: 9.4 miles. Climb: 10041'.
Time: 6 hours 8 minutes. Onthe move walking average: 2.0 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.5 m.p.h.
Temperature: 22 6 Celsius at lunch. Seemed much more at times with high humidy.
Beafort Wind Force: 0 - 3. Mainly a light breeze and blissful when it occasionally reached as much as a gentle breeze.
Group: Martyn, Ed, Fran and Nigel.
This was a good day weatherwise because we knew we were unlikely to get wet. However at times it did feel somewhat too humid for my liking and we all had to endure sunhats longer than we wanted to.
The overall walk speed was slower than usual, largely because I was stopping to note birds that I had heard and seen or was trying to take a photo of them!
Birds seen or heard today included: Meadow pipit, Skylark, Stonechat, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Common buzzard, Red grouse, Wheatear, Common blackbird, Willow warbler, Chiffchaff, Winter wren, Wheatear and Cuckcoo (first heard by Ed, but heard several times by everyone as we walked on the escarpment above the Egklwyseg Valley.
This walk is one of the best, with good views in every direction throughout the walk and one that needed to be celebrated with some liquid refreshment at a local hostelry. This wedidat the Sun at Trefor, where two rews by the Big Hand Brewery (Wrexham) were on offer. Serin was the one sampled s it was the lowest (3.7 %) in alcohol and was light and refreshing.



















 

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