Ty Mawr Country Park, Trevor, Froncysyllte and More 23rd December 2023

The start of our walk today.

The viaduct seen from the souuth west.

A Mistle thrush seen in Ty Mawr Country Park.

The River Dee in spate, south west of Ty Mawr Country Park.

"Which way now?"

A narrow boat crossing the Pont-Cysyllte Aquaduct.

A narrow boat crossing the Pont-Cysyllte Aquaduct.

One of the bridges over the canal, south west of Trevor.

Over the bridge to the old railwy track.

Looking north westward towards Dinas Bran from the road leading to the old railway track.

Part of the old railway track leading to Trevor.

The view towars the viaduct from the aquaduct.

Succees - the first north to south crossing of the aquaduct completed.

Descending through the woods to Froncysyllte.

St. David's Church, Froncysyllte.

Crossing the aquaduct south to north lies ahead!

It looks a long way up to the aquaduct!

Walk Stats:
Distance: 9.4 miles. Climb: 876’
Time: 4 hours 48 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Temperature: 11.6 - 12.7 Celsius.
Beaufort Wind Force: Mainly 2, a Light breeze, but gusted to 4, a 14.7 m.p.h. Moderate breeze.
The weather forecast today turned out better than we expected, more sunshine, less wind and feeling quite warm – Paramo was not the best option for gear to be wearing today!
Birds seen or heard today included: Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common blackbird, Black billed magpie, Eurasian jay, Common chaffinch, Wood nuthatch, House sparrow, Winter wren, Mistle thrush, Great cormorant, Mallard, Rook, Collared dove, Cmmon pheasant and Woodpigeon.
This turned out to be a very pleasant walk with sections along the canal proving to be popular for lots of others as well.
The water in the River Dee was very high and looked to be a superb state to sitting in a canoe heading downstream.
A new section for both of us was along the old Trevor Railway Track, well worth including in any walk around Trevor.
We managed to find a suitable bench by the canal to have our lunch before setting off on Ed’s contrived extension back to the start.
On this occasion, Ed was staying in Chester, so we called in at my house for me to drop of all my walking gear and headed into Chester for a celebration meal and drinks at the Square Bottle (Wetherspoons) in Chester, but that is not surprising, is it!