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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 8 October 2022

Exploring the Flint Castle Hinterland 8th October 2022

Flint Castle - the start of the walk today.
Oakenholt Marsh from the Coastal path just before we headed inland.
The curch at Oakenholt where my godson Tom Ted R was christened.
A delightful green path on the way to Flint Mountain.
The Church of St. Thomas, Fli9nt Mountain.
The view from the highest point on Flint Mountaim, looking northward.
Goats in the grounds of the horticultural college at Northop.
A Common buzzard poses for us as we climb out ofthe Afo Conwy Valley twards the Halkyn Road.
Thankfully no bull anywhere in sight today.
Flint Castle ahead.
Acorns a plenty!
Flint Castle - the end of our walk today.
Walk stats: 
Distance: 10.3 miles. Climb: 1017'.
Tie: 4 hours 49 minutes. On the move walking aveage: 2.4 m.ph. Overall walk average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Temperature: Maximum - 20.0 Celsius in the Sun at lunch time. Minimum - 15.8 Celsius, but mainly about 17 Celsius.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 - 2. Mainly calm and occasionally gusted t a 4m.p.h light breeze.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
This was asuperb day for walking, far sunnier and less windy than the any of the weather forecasts had predicted.
In the first part of the walk, we had good views across the Dee estuary to the Wirral that were  even better when we arrived at the "top" of Flint Mountain.
Lunch was taken on the Halyn Road, having decided on a slight extension to avoid crossing the A55 on foot that the path along the Afon Conwy sign posted us to do.
Hading downhill towards Flint, we had to cross the golf course, but a couple of golfrs pointed us in the the right direction after we pointed out where one of their golf ball had come to rest.
North Wales seems to be a hot spot for Oak trees, in Aurumn you think of hearing the rustle as you walk through fallen leaves, but today we seemed to walking on carpets of Acorns on most of the paths we used!
We arrived back at Flint Castle having had a good walk and looking forward to a refreashing pint at the Market Cross in Holywell. 
Birds seen or heard today included: Eurasian curlew, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Wood nuthatch, Carrion crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Eurasian jay, Common buzzard and Grey heron.












 

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