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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.

Saturday, 11 November 2023

Abergele and Moelfre Isaf 11th November 2023

The Great Orme from Pensarn Beach.
The wind turbines were just about turning.
Ed seemed surprised to see this bear sculpture in Ty Mawr Park.
The stream must have realy been high for this tree trunk to get stranded in this position.
I don't mind friendly ponies this size!
Moel Famau and the Clwydians from Tower Hill.
The tower beng guarded by sheep.
A cat sunbathing on top of the bales of silage.
Ed at the perching stone o Moefre Isaf.
The view south from our lunch spot.
Moel Famau and the Clwydians from Moelfre Isaf.
There are quite a lot of Wind Turbines off the coast at Abergele.
Not the star of Abergele, just the cloud of Abergele.
Walk Stats:
Distance: 9.5 miles. Climb: 1460’.
Time: 5 hours 26 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Temperature: 11.2 Celsius at the start and 14.1 Celsius at lunch at the trig point on Moelfre Isaf.
Beaufort Wind force: 0-2. Mainly Calm, occasionally Light Air and briefly reach a 3.1 m.p.h. Light breeze as we reached the trig point on Moefre Isaf.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
The weather forecast was good, although they did suggest it would have a feel like temperature of 8 Celsius. In fact it never felt that cold and I was left wondering why I had opted for my Winter Paramo gear. Sunglasses and t-shirt soon became the order of the day.
Our only problem was the fact that we always seemed to be walking into the Sun and neither of us had bothered to bring our sunhats.
Distant views were rather hazy, but we could make out Moel Famau and the Clwydians, the Clocaenog Wind Farm Moel Siabod and Eryri and the Great Orme.
It was so pleasant on the top of Moefre Isaf that we lingered there for over half an hour before setting off after lunch.
After lunch I had one difficult stile to negotiate, but after ten minutes I eventually managed to get over it and then we had the waterlogged field to cross.
Arriving back at Ty Mawr Park we decided to walk around the ponds before heading for our cars.
We were still back at the cars by 15-30 and even arrived home in time to clean my boots outside before the light failed.
Birds seen or heard today included: Carrion crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Herring gull, Oystercatcher, Black headed gull, Meadow pipit, Winter wren, Mute swan, Mallard, Common coot, Black billed magpie, Eurasian Jay, Wood nuthatch, long tailed tit, Woodpigeon and European robin.
Overall it was an enjoyable walk, completed in glorious sunshine.
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