Two Towers and The Alleyways of Abergele 7th ctober 2023

 A Little egret and Oystercatcher on the beach at Abegele.

The Great Orme in the distance.

A Pied wagtail  foraging on the stony Abergele beach.

Gwrych Castle from the bridge over the railway.

One of three Mute swans in Pentre Mawr Park, abergele.

One of the woodland paths through Coed y Gop.

The remains of Castell Tawr,

View over Tyddyn-uchaf towards the Carneddau.

Autumnal sounds in the woods.

The view from my lunch spot in Coed Abergel.

Ed at his lunch spot.

Enjoying lunch in the Sun.

The tower viewpoint on The Gop.

The Tower on Tower Hill.

Moefre Isaf from The Tower on Tower Hill.

Moel Famau in the dstance as we descended from Tower Hill.

The path adjacent to the Afon Gele that would lead us o Ty Mawr Holiday Park and the North Wales Coastal Path.

Distant views of the Clwydian Hills.

Abergele and Pensarn Station still looks a long way off! 

In reality about 2 miles.

Walk Stats:
Distance: 11.8 miles. Climb: 1470’.
Time: 6 hours 19 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Temperature: 18.1 – 19.8 Celsius.
Beaufort Wind force: Max – 4 . Moderate breeze.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
This was a very contrived walk by Ed and at times having the OS map of the area didn’t help much! Thankfully Ed knew where he was going even through the Coed y Gop and Coed Abergele.
The weather was pretty good a well, although quite breezy at times it never felt cold.
Part of the morning walk involved taking footpaths (alleyways) through the housing estates of southern Abergele - not a lot to see with high fences on both sides of the path.
The surprise of the day was our lunch spot with good views across the valley towards The Gop northward towards the wind farms in the Irish Sea.
I managed to persuade Ed that we should extend the walk by taking the path along the Afon Gele to the Ty Mawr Holiday Park on onto the North Wales Coastal Path.
Instead of being a walk of about 7.5 miles it ended up being a walk of nearly 12 miles.
I’m not sure Ed appreciated the last couple of miles along the Coastal Path!
Birds seen or heard today included: Mallard, Woodpigeon, Rook, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Herring gull. Lesser black back gull, Black headed gull, Oystercatcher, Mute swan, European robin, Stonechat, Common coot, Eurasian jay, Feral pigeon, Little egret, Pied wagtail, Black billed magpie, Wood nuthatch and Common buzzard.
Towards the end of he walk Ed claimed he saw two rarities – two Avanti Trains , one travelling in each direction.
An enjoyable six hour walk and still home in time to clean my boots outside when I got home.
On the way home I listened to the Radio Merseyside commentary on the Everton match and at the end one of the commentators said “ it not true that the Everton players are doing a lap of honour because they have one a match at Goodison!” In reality they were just going towards their supporters to show them how much they appreciated their support during the match.