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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, 27 August 2022

Flint Castle to Holywell 27th August 2022

Flint Castle - the start of the walk.
Flint Castle.
 Leaving the Flint Dock Beacon - running repairs done.
The Jubilee Beacon at Bettisfield.
A few roosting waders (mainly Oystercatchers)
Greenfield Dock.
Joining a friend (but who does it remind you of sitting on top of the pole? for lunch overlooking Greenfield Dock.
The view from our lunch spot.
Basenwerk Abbey.
One of the Courtalds's information boards at the exhibition house in the Greenfield Valley.
A Little grebe on the main pool in Greenfield Valley.

The steel sculpture in the centr of Holywell.
Walk stats: Distance: 9.2 miles. Climb: 551'.
Time: 4 hours 11 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.7 m.p.h. Overall waLK AVERAGE: 2.2 m.p.h.
Temperature: 19.2 Celsiu (as we walked along the Coastal Path). 22.7 Celsius at lunch near the Greenfield Dock.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 - 2. Calm / light air, but along the coast it was a very pleasant cooling light breeze.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
This was another of my Wainwright style walks (using public transport to get to the start of the walk and home afterwards.
This was a superb day for walking and the light breeze in our faces made it feel even better.
Lots of people out along the Coastal Path between Flint Castle and Greenfield Dock, most with dogs. Finding a "happy bush" wasn't easy!
The surprise of the day was seeing thousands of roosting Oystercatcher, Common redshanks and at least 50 Little egrets on the bank as we approached Bettisfield.
Lunch was taken at Greenfield Dock, where we were able to take advantage of a bench overlooking the estuary.
Walking through the Greenfield Valley, the Courtauld's Exhibition was open and as it was free we decided to take a look.
the star bird of the day was a Little Grebe o the main pool (fishing lake) in the Greenfield Valley.
Our final destination was The Market Place inHolywell, where we both enjoye samoning the Sambrok's Porter.
Birds seen or heard today included: house sparrow, Wooedpigeon, Oystercatcher, Great cormorant, Shelduck, Cmmon redshank, Oystercatcher, Wheatear, Little egret, Mllard, Pied wagtail. Eurasian curlew. Pied wagtal, European robin, Carion crow, Grey heron, Herring gull and Barn swallow.
The Rhyl Air Show made our bus from Holywell to Flint / home 20 minutes late, but at least it got me home in time to see he Red arrows on their return to their base at Harwarden Aifield.
Hopefully I will see them again tomorrow.














 

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