Neston Railway Station to Shotton Railway Station 26th August 2023

Here comes the train.

 

The ticket!

View from the train as wse crossed Hawarden Bridge.

Neston Old Quay.

Denhall Quay.

A delightful spot to stop for refreshments and admire the view across the River Dee towards the Point of Ayr, but alas Ed didn't take the hint!

I think I need to have a sandwich board with this message on both sides!

No easy to see, but this aeroplane was heading for the Rhyl Air Show.

At least one distant view of Mol Famau was needed!!

Ignore the prop, we're heasding into God's own country.

A good crop of apples and  pears, but not accessible to us!

The former HQ of John Summers Steelworks still undergoing restoration, but at least two new Welsh flags are flying high.

Not far to go now before a refreshing pint od real ale.

Walk Stats:
Distance: 7.6 miles. Climb: 138’.
Time: 3 hours 58 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.8 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 2.5 m.p.h.
Temperature: At 19.2 – 21.0 Celsius
Beaufort Wind force: 0 – 3. Mainly light air/ light breeze, but as we arrived at the Harp Inn it briefly reached an 8.2 m.p.h. gentle breeze.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
The forecast for today in North Wales wasn’t looking particularly grim, so we abandoned our planned walk for an afternoon walk on the Wirral where there was some chance of not getting wet. Nevertheless we were still armed with our umbrellas!
The walk started with a train journey from Shotton to Neston and then walking back to Shotton.
Initially planned to catch the 12-03 train, but I made a slight mistake and caught the 11-55 bus at the top of my road. This meant it would be the 13-03 train that we needed to catch.
In turned out for the good, Ed was stuck n traffic on the A55 and wouldn’t make the 12-03 train easily, so that my mistake allowed him to go in the Central Hotel for lunch!
It also meant that we missed the rain and bright sun shine was more of an issue.
We arrived at Neston Station with a few spots of rain in the air, but it was a matter of minutes before they stopped.
Heading through Neston, we spotted a footpath that lead us almost in a straight line to the Old Quay where we joined the path heading back to the start of the Coastal Path.
The only disappointing part of this walk was the link path through the Deeside Industrial Park.
Birds seen or heard today included: Greylag goose, Canada goose, Little egret, Great Mallard, Blue tit, Great tit, Goldfinch, Long tailed tit, Black billed magpie, Eurasian jay, House sparrow, Herring gull, Pied wagtail, Woodpigeon and Common kestrel.
As we approached the Central Hotel in Shotton, my bunion started to play and even a coupe pints of Pheasantry Brewery’s Dancing Dragonfly didn’t help. Perhaps a pint of Ed’s favourite tipple, Titanic Brewery's Plum Porter,  would have been a better choice!

Hopefully my bunion will have calmed down by Wednesday!
Final bonus my bus home arrived 3 minutes early than the app suggested, but I still caught it!