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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 20 December 2023

Around The Great Orme in Search of Seals 20th December 2023

Weather doesn't lok too good oer there!
Looking down on the gunsite from arine Drive.
The Limestone pavements onthe Great Orme.
Erratics on the Great Orme plateau.
Last of the Summer Wines visit the Great Orme!
Grey deals in Pigeon Cove.
Grey seals in Pigeon Cove.
Grey seals in Pigeon Cove.
"I'm hungry,  need to go ishing!
Fulmars already occupyimg the bes nesting leges on the Great Orme.
The Queen Victoria Monuemt at the entrance to Happy Valley.
One of many goats foraging in Happy Valley.
 Goats foraging in Happy Valley.
Still doesn't look on Conwy Montain and the Carneddau.
"I can see the car, but wher is Conwy Mountin?
Choppy seas in the Conwy Estuary.
Walk Stats:
Distance: 7.6 miles. Climb: 1426’ - 1698’ (Wind assisted GPS values), but in reality around 900’.
Time: 4 hours 8 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Temperature: 12.6Celsius at the start. 10.5 Celsius on the Great Orme Plateau.
Beaufort Wind Force: Mainly 5, a Fresh breeze (max 22.4 m.p.h.)
The weather forecast today was supposed to be mainly cloudy, very windy with good chances of rain. In the main it was right, but at times it was like walking in cloud rather than rain.
We took the easy option today, following Marine Drive as far as the Rest and Be Thankful Cafe before taking the road up to the Great Orme Plateau.
We weren’t disappointed in our search for Grey seals, we saw about 90 beached in Pigeon Cove.
We had lunch in Happy Valley, now enjoyed by many feral goats foraging on the vegetation in the gardens below us.
Birds seen or heard today included: Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common blackbird, Herring gull, Black billed magpie, Meadow pipit, Mistle thrush, Great cormorant and Woodpigeon.
We headed into the worst of the weather on the western end of the Invalids Terrace as we approached Marine Drive.
Overall an enjoyable walk, celebrated with liquid refreshments at the Albion in Conwy. Thanks to Nigel driving, three of us were able to have more than one drink. 
We even had a look at the lodge accommodation at Bodelwyddan Castle where Ed was enjoying a few days break!

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