All photo times - 1 hour , I forgot to change the clock time on my camera!
The atmospheric view of the norther Carneddau from West Shore Llandudno.
The first of the goats seen today.
The Monks' Path looks steep from here!
The Monks' Path - easy peasy whe you'ver got a Leki!
Wind turbines in the Irish Sea.
The Rivals on the Lleyn Peninsula from the Great Orme Plateau.
Heading towards the Great Orme limestone pavements.
"Yes I am a Raven!"
Just to prove we did make it to the trig point on the Great Orme.
Icicles on the north side of the Great Orme.
The first Grey seal seen in Pigeon Bay.
Grey seal swimming in Pigeon Bay.
Even more Drey seals on the beach in Pigeon Bay.
Sounds of the sea and more!
The Little Orme above Llandudno Pier from Marine Drive.
Llety'r Filiast Burial Chamber, The Great Orme.
Wild goats on the limestone cliff faces abobe the "Igam Ogam".
The Carneddau at sunset from the "invalids' terrace".
Walk stats:
Distance: 8.2 milers. Climb: 1621'.
Time 5 hours 5 minutes. On the move walking aveage: 2.0 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 3.2 Celsius (at the trig point at lunch time). mainly around 4 Celsius, but 7.2 Celsius on the Monk's Path in the sunshine.
Beaufort Wind Force: Mainly 0 - 2, but on the summit reached 3 - very cold gentle breezethat we were very glad to to find shelter from by the picnic tables near the summit cafe.
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Fran and Ed.
The temperatur on the car thermometer was was - 4 Celsius for most of the journey, but we arrived at Llandudno West Shore in warm sunhine, sio warm that wearing shortys wouldn't have been a problem!
Climbimg up the Monks' Path meant we felt a little warmer than was comfottable, but we did get good vies over the Conwy esturay towards the Carneddau and over Puffin Island to Anglesey.
As we headed around the plateau we had good views towards the Clwydian Hills,which seemed to be decked in more snow than the what we could see on the northern Carneddau.
At one point we even saw Moel Famau.
Lunch was taken using one if the picnic table on the southern side of the cafe, sheltered from the wind, bt sitll in the sunshine. An 86 year old local stopped by an chatted for a while, sayng that he did the Great Orme walk most weks, despite his wife tellng him not to do so!
Aftewr lunch we headed down past St, Tudno's Church to the Marine Drive in the hope of seeing Grey Seal in Pigeon Bay, We weren't disappointed!
Our rerturn route took up Fairy Glen, past the ski slope and down past half wy station and the Great Orme Copper Mine (well worth a visit in the Summer Season).
The final part of the walk was along the "Invalds' Terrace", a gentle stroll that took us pass the "Igam Ogam / zig-zag" path to the summit. this path gave s superb views of the Carneddau as the Sun slowly sank below the horizon.
Birds seen t herard today included: Common redshank, Oystercatcher, Herring gull, Jackdaw, Carion crow, Raven, Great cormorant, Meadow pipit, European robin, Miste thrush, Common blackbird and Red billed chough.
Despite Ed trying to encourage u to go to the Palladium in Llandudno, we opted to to head for The Rake for acupof tea. The other opted for an enjoyable pint of Brimstag Brewery's Trappers Hat.
After dropping of the Upton lot,, I headed to St., James' Avenue to deliver a Christma car to DS. I knockedon the door, but no=one answered, DS was in the garage, but he didn't hear me knocking!
The Christmas lights in Upton, were pretty good in Cross Green, but those in St. James' Avenue were beven better!
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