The climb out of Llanasa.
"What's happened to the toposcope?"
The Gop from the toposcope.
Moel Famau from south west of the toposcope.
Moel Siabod from south west of the toposcope.
Inside the dovecot, south west of The Gop.
Our lunch spot at Gwaenysgor.
Zip world Skydiver tethered at Rhyl.
The Comma butterfly seen neat St. Elmo's Summer House.
The Comma butterfly seen neat St. Elmo's Summer House.
Two Barn swallows resting on the power line supports.
Time: 4 hours 54 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.0 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 17.6 Celsius at lunch. 14.7 Celsius at the Llanasa toposcope.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 4. Mainly a light breeze, but once gusted to a Moderate breeze of 14.6 m.p.h. near the toposcope.
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel, Fran, Nigel and Ed,
The weather forecast was pretty accurate today, although we never had the rain it forecast around mid-day.
A varied walk with good distant views towards the Clwydian Hills and Eryri.
It was disappointing to see that the information plate had been removed from the Llanasa / Trelawnyd Toposcope. Hopefully it will be replaced soon.
I didn’t fancy the climb up the road to footpath leading to The Gop, so I decided to take the path south of The Gop and wait for the rest of the group near a path junction north east of the dovecot.
Lunch as usual was taken at Gwaenysgor where most of us were able to sit on the long seat facing the Wild Flower Area.
Walking along Offa’s Dyke Footpath we were able to see the Rhyl Zip World Skydiver tethered next to the helter-skelter.
Good numbers o butterflies were seen today, including a Red admiral and Comma.
Birds seen or heard today included: House sparrow, Common blackbird, Barn swallow, House martin, Woodpigeon, Common starling, Herring gull, Raven, Jackdaw, Common buzzard, Great spotted woodpecker and Moorhen.
Overall an enjoyable walk, celebrated with drinks at the Crown at Trelawnydd, where Timothy Taylor’s Landlord went down well with those that sampled it.
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