St. Mary's Church, Rhuddlan from the road bridge over the Afon Clwyd.
Rhuddlan Castle from the road bridge over the Afon Clwyd.
The Celtic Cross in the grounds of St.Mary's Church, Rhuddlan.
St. Mary's Church, Rhuddlan.
Rhuddlan Castle.
Rhuddlan Castle.
Twt Hill - closed for restoration work?
Looking over the A55 towards the Clwydian Hills north of St. Asaph.
An Kingfisher near our lunch spot.
Mute swans, Mallards and Moorhens on the pond in Rhuddlan Nature Reserve.
Time: 4 hours 53 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Temperature: 17.2 Celsius at the start. 24.7 Celsius at lunch.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 4. Mainly a light breeze, but once gusted to a Moderate breeze of 11.2 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Ed,
The weather forecast was pretty accurate today, although we must have been sheltered from the strong winds suggested.
Rain was minimal, requiring us to put our umbrellas briefly on a couple of occasions mid-morning.
This wasn’t the most exciting of walks, but path finding did prove challenging at times. In fact we were turned back at Ysgubor-coed by the farmer who refused to accept that a Right of Way Path shown on our OS Map was valid! Ed tried to argue the case, but it was easier in the end to turn back and choose an alternative way to get to where we wanted to go.
We arrived at St. Asaph Cathedral just as an Induction Service (for 4 people) had finished.
We had lunch using one of the many picnic tables on the northern side of main St Asaph Bridge over Afon Elwy.
After lunch we followed a good path along the eastern bank of the Elwy as far as the sewage Works where we crossed the bridge to follow the path on the west side of the river.
The final stretch of the walk was along the path/cycleway next to the A525 as far as the entrance to the Rhuddlan Nature Reserve. Unusual finds on this path included: a pair of socks, a stainless steel knife, a plastic storage box lid and a single spectacle lens still with a £65 price label attached!
Most birds seen today were seen in the Rhuddlan Nature Reserve, just 100 yards or so from the cars.
Birds seen or heard today included: House sparrow, Common blackbird, Greylag goose, Winter wren, Mute swan, House martin, Barn swallow, Woodpigeon, Common starling, Herring gull, Mallard and Moorhen.
Overall an enjoyable walk, but I am not sure we will ever via Ysgubor-y-coed farm again!
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