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When? Started: 1993 Who? Started with staff and friends from U H S, Chester. Organiser: Martyn Harris We walk every Wednesday and Saturdays, New Years day and May Day. How many walk? Walks take place as long as there are at least 2 wanting to walk on that day. More walk on a Wednesday than on a Saturday. Most ever: 29. Current group size walking: 2-7 in mid-week and 2-4 on Saturday. Where do we walk? Saturday: Anywhere in North and Mid-Wales, Peak District, Shropshire and the Long Mynd and as far North as the Trough of Bowland. Thursday: Anywhere within about 40 miles of Chester. Type of walk: Distance: 6 – 14 miles (but usually under 10 miles). Climb: up to 4000’ (but usually very much less!). People involved on walks in 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Wednesday 12 July 2023

Craig-y-don and Around The Great Orme 12th July 2023

The Great Orme from our start point at Craig-y-don.
One of the new wind shelters - old design, but just as good.
The Little Orme in the backgound.
A different design, but with added art work.
A Herring gull taking a rest by the beach.
Llandudno shore and pier.
The first of the Llandudno goats seen today.
The steady climb along Marine Drive.
Black guillemots on the sea.
A Red billed chough on the slopes below Marine Drive.
The lighthouse still isn't in sight!
You can't mistake Great cormorants when they hold out their wings to dry.
Another goat on the edge.
The Lighthouse guest house - looks like they have visitors today.
A distant view the lighthouse at Penmon and of Puffin Island from Marine Drive.
Distant views of the Carneddau.
The Great Orme gun site from Marine Drive.
More Red billed choughs on the West side of the Orme.
A Red bille chough trying hid behind some goats.
The view from my lunch spot.
A Herring gull paitiently waits - hoping to snatch a bit of Ed's lunch!
Our lunch spot in the bus shelter on Llandudno West Shore.
A statue showing some of the characters from Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland.
We were tempted to go to the theatre, but alas we were both driving.
A wooden sculpture of Fusiler Shenkin outside Venue Cymru.
Walk stats: 8.5 miles. Climb: 1230’. Time: 3 hours 46 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.7 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.2 m.p.h.
Temperature: 17.7 Celsius at the start. 16.7 Celsius at lunch. Maximum temperature – 19.7 Celsius mid-morning in a sheltered spot on Marine Drive
Beaufort Wind Force: 2 – 3. Mainly a Light to Gentle breeze, but at one point near the "Rest and Be Thankful Cafe", it reached a Moderate breeze of 17.7 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Ed,
The weather forecast was pretty accurate today, although as we arrived it was raining heavier than we were expecting. Thankfully after about ten minutes waiting in the car, the rain stopped.
We set off with waterproof jackets on, but it wasn’t long before they were assigned to our rucksacks.
Along Marine Drive we had lots of stops looking at the sea birds and goats.
Birds seen or heard today included: House sparrow, Common blackbird, Black headed gull, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Oystercatcher, Great cormorant, Stonechat, Meadow pipit, Fulmar, Great black backed gull and Red billed chough.
Our only problem today was finding a sheltered spot for lunch, but most of them around the West Shore were already occupied. Thankfully the bus shelter in the middle of the island provided the seats we desired. We had originally planned to return to Craig-y-don via the Invalid Terrace, but ended up returning along the road past The Palladium and through the main street in the centre of Llandudno.









































 

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