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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 26 October 2022

A Short walk From The Morris Dancer at Kelsall 26th October 2022

St Phillip's Church, Kelsall not far from the start of our walk.
The site of Kelsbarrow Castle.
Kelsbarrow Castle informaton board.
A distant rainbow, seen from one of Home Farm's fields.
Glad to be walking on grass!
A well defined path across the field.
Oak tree, obviously planted with a plan in mind!.
Distant views of a Clwydian Hill.
The same picture enhanced with a little more contrasts
It is of course Moel Famau.
Walk stats:
Distance: 5.6 miles. Climb: 472'.
Time: 2 hours 43 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Temperature: Max - 17.8 Celsius.  Min - 13.2 Celsius. Mainly around 14 Celsius.
Beufort Wind Force: 0 - 3. Mainly no more than a litght breeze, and occasionally gusting to a 11.7 m.p.h  gentle breeze, feeling more like a moderate breeze.
Group: Martyn, David S, Fran and Wendy.
This was a short walk devised by DS and proved to be a good walk with good stiles and mainly metal kissing gates.
We set of in warm sunshine with no hint of rain and none on the forecast. However half way through the walk e did get an indication that rain was getting nearer when we could see a rainbow over Kelsall.
The only issue on this was a track that had been used frequently by cattle heading to and from the fields to Home Farm. In fact the farmer was using a tractor to push the slurry away from the yard. Alas in my hurry to get clear of it, I stepped to quickly in the slurry, managing to splash iy half way up my calf muscles.  Once past the offending track, I found a puddle that enabled me to remove the offending stuff!
Just before crossing the golf course on the edge of Wilington Fruit Farm, we stopped for a quick drink. 
We arrived back at the start just as it started to rain, making us quick to change our boots and any other item of clothing that would make us more presentable to enter the Morris Dancer.
We all emjoyed our lunch and liquid refreshments before heading homeward. Appropriately I sampled Weetwood Jester IPA which went down very nicely.
I even managed to get home in time to clean my walking boots outside in the warm sunshine and by the time I finsh this post they will be dry.
Birds seen or heard today included: European robin, Woodpigeon, Rook, Jackdaw, Black headd gull and Eurasian jay.










 

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