"Yes miss, we all understand"
A good brood of Mallards on the canal.
An even better breed of Mute swans.
I can appreciate one part of this notice!
A Yellow water lilly on the canal.
Who knows where we go?
Just normal on our walks.
At the trig point on Llanymynech Hill.
The quarry at Llanymynech.
A few more orchids in Llanymynech Quarry.
Walk stats: 7.6 miles. Climb: 787’.
Time: 5 hours 52 minutes. On the move walking average: 1.8 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.4 m.p.h.
Temperature – 22.4 Celsius at the start. Max - 24.7 Celsius. Lunch – 23.3 Celsius.
Wind Force: 0 – 1. Calm to light air.
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel, Ed, Nigel and Elaine, Fran, Catherine and Janet.
The weather forecast was pretty accurate today, except that the rain showers forecast arrived before lunch rather than mid-afternoon.
This walk was suggested by Fran, but in reality it was her sister Catherine that expertly guided us around the walk identifying all the flowers that we saw, not just the orchids that we were hoping to see. The rain arrived just as we reached the trig point on Llanymynech Golf Course when we were looking for a suitable place to stop for lunch. We tried to shelter under the trees, but it wasn’t entirely successful, but at least the rain had stopped as we set off after lunch. As well as flowers, we saw a few butterflies and a Banded Blue damselfly and a beautiful Golden dragonfly. Several small Common frogs were seen and a much larger Common toad.
A family of Mute swans seen on the canal was the best bird spot, but the number of orchids present in Llanymynech Quarry was also impressive.
The walk ended with giving us a potted history of the Hoffmann Kiln as we went through it and walked around the site.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common blackbird, Black billed magpie, House sparrow, Barn Swallow, Common, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Winter wren, Eurasian jay, Greenfinch, Great tit, Moorhen, Mallard, Mute swan and Peregrine falcon.
I usually remember all the birds that we see or hear, but it ids for others to remind me of all the flowers that we saw!
Overall an enjoyable walk, celebrated by a visit to the Bradford Arms Hotel, in Llanymynech, where Blacksheep bitter and Bank’s Mild went down well. A friendly hoselry well worth supporting.
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