Lady Bagot's Drive and More 20th July 2022

The Clwydian Hills from the path west of Golf Links farm.

The gate leading down to the Afon Clywedog and Lady Bagot's Drive.

The Afon Clywedogas we crosed the footbridge onto Lady Bagot's Drive.

Lady Bagot's Drive and the Clwydian Way heading towards Bontchel.

The delightful path through Coed Nant on the vway to Rhewl.

Wild flowers in the delightful meadow  at Rhewl.

On the path through one of several maze fields, but can you spot Ed?

The Clwydian Hills as we approachedthe Bro Deg Road.

Trig point found  on 12 October 2017!

Clwyd Hall from the banks of the Afon Clwyd.

Walk stats:

Distance: 10.5 miles. Climb: 679'.

Time: 4 hours 45 minutes. On the move wlking average: 2.6 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.2 m.p.h.

Temperature: 19.8 Celsius at lunch in Rhewl, but throughout the walk it seemed to be just over the 19 Celsius mark.

Beaufort Wind Force: 2 - 3. Mainly a very pleasdant light beeze and even when it gusted to a gentle  breeze as hgh as 9.1 m.p.h., it was still very enjoyable after the heatwave experience over the previous few days.

Group: Martyn, Nigel ad Ed.

This turned oyt to be a perfect for walking, not too hot and with a pleasant refreshing beeze.  We did experience a few drops of rain that we didn't expect, but not enough to make us leap to don our waterproofs or put up an umbrella.

The route in the morning involved all of the climb on the walk, giving us good views of the Clwydian Hills, but Moel Famau was always just in the clouds.

Lady Bagot's Drive by the Afon Clywedog is always very pleasant , but we were disappointed not to get good views of any Dippers, Greys wagtasils was our best spot.

Lunch was taken in Rhewl, where we took advantage of the benches / seats available near the Drover's Arms.

After lunch we decided to take the route that took us past an unusual trig point marked on the roasd near Bro Deg.  On this occasion we didn't locate it, the grass had overgrown it, but we did locate it in October 2017 when we last did this walk.

The last part of our walk was a gentle stroll along the banks of the Afon Clwyd back to Ruthin, an enjoyable walk worthy of refreshments at the Ruthin Castle Hotel.

Birds seen or heard today included: Common blackbird, Barn swallow, Carrion crow, Rook, Common buzzard, Grey wagtail, Wood nuthatch, Winter wren and Lesser black back gull.

After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Ruthin Castle Hotel (a Wetherspoons) where the best brew on offer was the Conwy Brewery's  "Aderyn" ?