At the start of Ysceifiog Footpath 188.
The woodlnd path from Ysceifiog Lake to Mynydd Llan.
A Comma butterfly seen today.
A Meadow brown sharing the same flowers ast the Comma.
DS - probably started life as a verica milling machine that was later adapted,
Another bit of machinery - a motor and belt drive.
It is a steam engine built by the Lincolnshire firm Ruston Hornsby.
Probably dates back to around 1935.
St.Michael's and All Angels Churc at Nannerch.
St.Mary's Church, Ysceifiog.
Walk stats: 8.8 miles. Climb: 1017’.
Time: 5 hours 11 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Temperature: 17.7 Celsius at the start. 27.0 Celsius at lunch in the full glare of the Sun. Mid-afternoon temperature – 20.2 Celsius mid-morning in a sheltered spot on Marine Drive
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 2. Mainly Calm to Light Air but occasionally just about made a pleasant 5 m.p.h. Light breeze.
Group: Martyn and Nigel,
The weather forecast was pretty good today, although we did get more sunshine than we were expecting.
This proved to be a very varied walk and despite the predictable muddy sections it was very enjoyable.
The main objective for the walk today was to use the Ysceifiog Footpath 188thathad recently been fully opened after many years of battle by the locals including the Ramblers. Infect as we approached the northern end of the path, we were greeted by a local (lived in house opposite the start of the path) ho pointed out that the path was now fully open and asked us to use it. She seemed quite pleased that was exactly what we intended to do.
As we went past a farm near Pen-ffynnon-y-cyff, two young girls took great delight in showing off three young kittens that they had only had for a couple o weeks.
Lunch was taken on the south east side of Lixwm, where we took advantage of a roadside seat. We basked in the warm sunshine, surrounded by many flowers, butterflies, bees and insects foraging on the flowers in front of us.
Today was a day for seeing butterflies rather than birds, although we did hear quite a few birds.
Butterflies included: Comma, Meadow brown (lots), Small white, Red admiral and Peacock.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common swift, Barn swallow, House sparrow, Common buzzard, Moorhen, Common coot, Grey heron, Eurasian jay, winter wren and Carrion crow.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Blue Bell in Halkyn, where the Lees Bitter tasted particularly good.
Even arrived home to be able to clean my boots outside and find my broadband had indeed been restored. No need for the BT engineer to visit tomorrow.
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