What an eas walk - it's all downhill!
The weather doesn't look too good on the west side of the Vale of Clwyd!
Which way do we go?
" We're doing the walk "backwards"!
Now it's easy we just go over the stile once someone has had a long enough rest."
A delightfull path through Coed Rhiwisg.
"Believe me, I am only taking a picture of an intersting fungi!"
Our lunch spot - very debatable who had the most comfortable pitch.
I know it wasn't me!
The view towards Moel-eithinen Farm from our lunch spot.
It's quite hard to see the wind blowing the trees.
The wind is blowing these tree branches above our heads as we had lunch.
"i think they are getting closer."
"Why do people always think it is amusing when someone gets blown off balance by a gust of wind?
At last a path that leads us bakd to the car.
Wak stats:
Distance: 7.0 miles.
Climb: 2421' - 3356' wind assisted GPS readings. In reality it should be about 1700'!
Time: 4 hours 24 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.0 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Tempeature Max - 15.8 Celsius. Min - 13.2 Celsius.
Baufort Wind Force: 2 - 5. Mainly a gentle breeze, but did get as much as a fresh breeze of 19.2 m.p.h before lunch.
However as we arrived at Foel Fenlli, the wind became so strong that Mike and Nigelaorted their first plan to climb to the top of the hillfort and rejoin us on a lower level route.
Group: Martyn, Michel and Sue, Nigel, Mike, Fran and Wendy.
it was quite blustery as we set off, but a wind of about 10 m.p.h. made us think the weather forecasters had got it wrong when they suggested there would be winds gusting to over 45 m.p.h.
The walk started by giving us good views across the Vale of Clwyd towards Ruthin, but the hills beyond looked as though they may have been having a shower.
Throughout the morning, we were fairly well sheltered, particularly around Cwm Blannanat and Coed Rhiwisg on the way the Clwyd Gate.
Rain was forecast from about 13-00 onwards, so we were keen to stop for lunch before then.
The wind was starting to strengthen, and we found it difficult t.o find a suitable sheltered spot.
Eventually we opted for a spot on the east edge of a wood overlooking Moel-eithinen Farm where the little woodland gave us some shelter from the wind.
After lunch, we had the main climb of the day to look forward to, the climb to the ramparts of Foel Fenlli.
Arriving there was to be a turning point for us all!
The wind became so strong that we decided to head eastward around Foel Fenlli with the wind behind us along a path that we hoped would lead to a more sheltered rouute back to the car. It did, but we had to overcome the challenge of cross barbed wire fences without damaging our precious walking gear.
As forecast it did start to rain, but it was still the wind that we noticed the most.
Birds seen or heard today were few and far between but included: Black billed magpie, Woodpigeon, Common blackbird and Raven.
We were all glad to get back to the cars, but th wind was still too strong to hang about chaning into our normal everyday clothes.
Those living on the south side of the river decided to go straight home and celebrate the achievement of the completing the walk with a suitable drink at home - in my case a drop of whisky in a mug of tea!
I rather suspect the the Upton lot will have called in at the Glasfryn but my never know if they did! I got it rong, they went straight home as well!
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