Llandudno Bay from the Little OrmeHead
At the trig point on Little Orme Head.
Who else would have been inspecting the winding gear?
The descent to the main quarry level doesn't look that bad.
At lunch in the shade.
Last view of the Little Orme and its lonley trig pint.
Porth Dyniewaid - it was a good job we didn't come to see the Grey seals!
The Great Orme from Nant-y-Gamar.
The path leading to Gloddaeth Hall (St David's College).
Viper's Bugloss next to the path across Coed Gaer.
Mynydd Pant fro the wood s we headed towards Penrhyn-side.
Common gulls on the field opposite the Lifeboat Station.Time: 5 hours 10 minutes. On the move walking average: 1.8 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.5 m.p.h.
Temperature: 22 Celsius at the start. 24.2 Celsius at lunch. 25.6 Celsius at the end of the walk.
Wind Force: 0 – 3. A refreshing Light breeze accompanied us for most of the walk, but briefly as we descended towards Gladdaeth Hall it reached as much as a 8.1 m.p.h. Gentle breeze.
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Fran and Ed.
This is always an enjoyable walk, today done at a very leisurely pace, due mainly to the fact that we spent quite a bit of time looking closely at the many flowers spotted on route. Not as many orchids as we had hoped to see, although it started well as we entered the nature reserve heading towards the Little Orme few Pyramidal orchids were seen next to the path.
The star spot was by Ed, who saw a Slow worm on the path.
Quite a few butterflies were on the wing too, including, Meadow brown, Speckled wood and Painted lady. We also saw a very small blue butterfly that we couldn’t identify.
Birds seen or heard today included: Rook, Jackdaw, Red billed chough, Great cormorant, Fulmar, Herring gull, Blackcap, Common blackbird, European robin, Greenfinch, Long tailed tit, Song thrush and Common gull.
Overall an enjoyable walk, with everyone grateful to take off our boots and let our feet enjoy the cool breeze!
After walk drinks were experienced at the Picture House in Colwyn Bay where most of us enjoyed a pint of Hanlon’s Yellow Hammer before heading home.
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