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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, 1 November 2023

Lady Bagot's Drive from Ruthin 1st November 2023

The first field path as we left Llanfwrog.
The Clwydian Hills above Golflinks farm.
The first rainbow of the day.
The best Autumnal colours so far seen seen on our walks this year.
The Afon Clywedog near Berth.
The Afon Clywedog from Lady Bagot's Drive.

The Afon Clywedog from Lady Bagot's Drive.
On Lady Bagot's Drive.
The Afon Clywedog from Lady Bagot's Drive.
The Afon Clywedog from Lady Bagot's Drive.
Leaving Lady Bagot's s Drive into Coed Nant on the way to Rhewl.
Our best view of the Clwydian Hills has we decended on the path from Coed Nant to Rhewl.
I've had better views from my lunch spot!
Moel Famau in a better mood!
Plas-y-Ward.
The weir on the Afon Clwyd - no leaping Salmon bit the ste of a Dipper.
The Afon Clwyd from the footbridge at Ruthin.
Fran's double rainbow above the houses in Ruthin.
Last view of the rainbove over the Ruthin Craft Centre Roundabout.
Walk Stats:
Distance: 8.9 miles. Climb: 682’.
Time: 4 hours 35 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Temperature: 13.1 Celsius, a temperature that remained around 13 Celsius throughout the walk.
Beaufort Wind force: 0-4. Max just a Moderate Breezeo of just over 12 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Fran, Mike and Ed.
The weather forecast suggested that we had a good chance o getting wet, particularly before lunch.
We all ended up wearing our waterproofs, but we didn’t really get enough of the wet stuff to justify keeping them on all morning.
In fact the heaviest rain occurred as we walked to the car from the Wetherspoon’s Ruthin Castle after enjoying liquid refreshments.
Throughout the walk we were grateful to find conditions underfoot were not as boggy as we had anticipated. However our boots did end up with plenty of mud in the treads, giving us the task of cleaning them when we got home – but not today!
Lady Bagot’s Drive was delightful, especially with plenty of water flowing down the Afon Clywedog,
Early on in the walk we had our first rainbow, but the best one was to come later.
We had good views of the Clwydians hills before lunch and after lunch just ass we were leaving Rhewl.
The surprise of the day was seeing a sheep walking on only its front legs with its back legs high in th air, we can only assume it ws lame in both of the back legs.
Lunch was taken at Rhewl where we took advantage of the seats available near the bus stop adjacent to the Drover’s Arms.
We didn’t see any salmon leaping by the weir on the Afon Clwyd, but we did see a Dipper!
Birds seen or heard today included: Carrion crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Common buzzard, Common pheasant, European robin, Mallard, Common coot, Mute swan, Woodpigeon, House sparrow, Little egret, Grey heron, Herring gull and Dipper. Overall an enjoyable walk, capped by EVERYONE liquid refreshments and approving our hostelry of choice!
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