Daffodils in the car park at Rhuddlan Nture Reserve.
Rhuddlan Castle from the road bridge,
St. Mary's Church, Rhuddlan.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence!
Goosanders on Brickfield Pond.
The Clwydian Hills above Brickfield Pond.
Trains in tht Rhyl Marine Lake Miniature Railway engines shed.
Rhyl Marine Lake looking sad partially filled with water.
The view from our lunch spot, Pont y Ddraig, Rhyl.
The view from our lunch spot, looking across the river to the Foryd Road Bridge .
The Clwydian Hills in cloud from the West Bank of the Afon Clwyd.
Mute swans grazing in fields West of the Afon Clwyd.
Waders including Oystercatchers and Dunlin trying to keep their feet dry as the tide comes in.
A Dunlin on its own on the West bank of the Afon Clwyd.
"Can't you keep up?"
Striding along the West bank.
Good news that awful stile has been replaced and now thee is a gate.
Jus a few Snowdrops in Rhuddlan Nature Reserve.
Rhuddlan Castle from Fagan's Field in Rhuddlan Nature Reserve.
Mute swans on the pond in Rhuddlan Nature Reserve.
Miniature Daffodils n Rhuddlan Nature Reserve.
Walk Stats:
Distance: 8.5 miles. Climb: 466’ (Wind assisted GPS reading)
Time: 5 hours 48 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.7 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 2.0m.p.h.
Temperature: 10.5 Celsius at the start. 14.0 Celsius at lunch in the arm sunshine.
Beaufort Wind Force: 2-4, mainly a Light breeze, but a few times it gusted to s an 18 m.p.h. Moderate breeze
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Fran, Mike and Ed.
This was a good day for walking, almost perfect, I didn’t even have to change my shirt at lunch time and only used two handkerchiefs - two because I managed lose one after lunch as we walked on the embankment on the western side of the river after lunch.
I was comfortable wearing shorts and a short sleeved shirt throughout the walk.
Lunch was taken using the picnic benches at Rhyl Harbour, a good spot to have lunch as toilets are available as well.
Largely a birdwatching walk (a bit of self indulgence on my part), but the surprise of the day was probably seeing the engine shed open and being able to see the miniature trains waiting to come back in use for the tourist season. Volunteers were working getting the track ready.
Bird wise the surprise of the day was seeing a large number of Mute swans grazing on the fields west of the river.
Birds seen or heard today included: Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common blackbird, European robin, Woodpigeon, Blue tit, Mallard, Goosander, Eurasian curlew, Black tailed godwit Wigeon, Moorhen, Common coot, Tufted duck, Dunlin, Little egret, Meadow pipit, House sparrow, Greenfinch, Long tailed tit, Dunnock, Mute swan, Common redshank, Canada goose, Herring gull, Black headed gull, Oystercatcher, Great cormorant, Black billed magpie and Lapwing.
Overall an enjoyable walk completed in more sunshine than we expected.
After walk drinks were enjoyed a Rake Hall, Little Stanney, where beers from the local Weetood and Brimstage breweries enjoyed by some. The tea wasn’t bad either!
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Distance: 8.5 miles. Climb: 466’ (Wind assisted GPS reading)
Time: 5 hours 48 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.7 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 2.0m.p.h.
Temperature: 10.5 Celsius at the start. 14.0 Celsius at lunch in the arm sunshine.
Beaufort Wind Force: 2-4, mainly a Light breeze, but a few times it gusted to s an 18 m.p.h. Moderate breeze
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Fran, Mike and Ed.
This was a good day for walking, almost perfect, I didn’t even have to change my shirt at lunch time and only used two handkerchiefs - two because I managed lose one after lunch as we walked on the embankment on the western side of the river after lunch.
I was comfortable wearing shorts and a short sleeved shirt throughout the walk.
Lunch was taken using the picnic benches at Rhyl Harbour, a good spot to have lunch as toilets are available as well.
Largely a birdwatching walk (a bit of self indulgence on my part), but the surprise of the day was probably seeing the engine shed open and being able to see the miniature trains waiting to come back in use for the tourist season. Volunteers were working getting the track ready.
Bird wise the surprise of the day was seeing a large number of Mute swans grazing on the fields west of the river.
Birds seen or heard today included: Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common blackbird, European robin, Woodpigeon, Blue tit, Mallard, Goosander, Eurasian curlew, Black tailed godwit Wigeon, Moorhen, Common coot, Tufted duck, Dunlin, Little egret, Meadow pipit, House sparrow, Greenfinch, Long tailed tit, Dunnock, Mute swan, Common redshank, Canada goose, Herring gull, Black headed gull, Oystercatcher, Great cormorant, Black billed magpie and Lapwing.
Overall an enjoyable walk completed in more sunshine than we expected.
After walk drinks were enjoyed a Rake Hall, Little Stanney, where beers from the local Weetood and Brimstage breweries enjoyed by some. The tea wasn’t bad either!
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