First views of the Horseshoe falls.
descending from Llantysilio Green to St. Tysilio's Church
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First encounters with a Chester Ramblers and Hill Walking Club Memer.
St. Tysilios Church ahead.
Snowdrops in St. Tysilio's Churchyard.
One for DS!
Snowdrops in St.Tysilio's Churchyard.
Inside St.Tysilio's Church.
The Horseshoe Falls enjoying the River Dee in spate.
More of the Horseshoe Falls enjoying the River Dee in spate.
The river still needs to be higher to release these captured trees!
It looks like pollution, but it's just natural breakdown of organic matter by the constant battering of fast moving water.
The River Dee trying escape under a blocking tree trunk near the Horseshoe Falls.
Reflections on the Llangollen Canal.
Good views of Dinas Bran.
A delightful path leading to our lunchspot.
"Early lunch" for those that are happy to stick to the route plan!
Valle Crucis Abbey from our lunch spot.
Dinas Bran again - looking like a horse?
Distance: 8.0 miles. Climb: 1342’
Time: 4 hours 56 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.6 m.p.h. (But we did have to wait for the Upton lot to arrive at the lunch spot after their extra mile or so and climb to the top of Dinas Bran)
Temperature: 4.7 Celsius at the start. 10.2 -11.2 Celsius at lunch. 8.0 Celsius mid-afternoon.
Beaufort Wind Force: 1, at most just a Light Air
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel, Ed, Nigel, Fran, Mike and Ed.
The Snowdrops today were really good, not just in St. Tysilsio’s Churchyard, but in other places as well.
The River Dee today had plenty of water, making the Horseshoe Falls more impressive than usual and below the falls the river looked superb for the skilled enough to navigate it in a canoe or raft.
Four of us headed for the lunch spot while the Upton lot went AWOL, and thankfully we arrived to find the lunch spot vacant.
Mid-way through lunch another walking group arrived (the Chester Ramblers and Hill Walking Club) who appeared shocked to find other walkers had beaten them to the spot where they had planned to stop for lunch. They were happy to join us as we waited for the rest of our group to arrive and have their lunch. Fruit cake (not fortified and only baked yesterday) was provided to celebrate our Snowdrop walk.
After about 11-00, the Sun came out and blessed us for the rest of the day.
Birds seen or heard today included: Jackdaw, Carrion crow Rook, Song thrush, Great cormorant, Common blackbird, European robin, Woodpigeon, Collared dove, Blue tit, Wood nuthatch, Treecreeper, Wood nuthatch, Coal tit, Common peasant, Common buzzard, Mallard and House sparrow.
Overall an enjoyable walk completed in pleasant sunshine for most of the day. After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Sun at Trevor where most of us enjoyed Purple Moose’s Colan Lan bitter.
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