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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, 17 April 2024

Ffrith Mountain and The Alyn Gorge 17th April 20224

The Afon Alyn at Loggerheads.
Walking along the Leete down the Alyn Gorge.
One of many flowers seen along The Leete.
The first Bluebells seen today on our way to Cilcain.
Ramsons in flower.
Lesser celendine and Primrose on the verge as we approached Cilcain.
Daffodils at their best.
Moel Famau on the skyline as we left Cilcain.
A very young lamb eyes us up!
Time to put on the waterproofs.
Enjoying lunch!
Lunch over, it's good to be on our way!
The youngests lambs of the day.
Not all lambs are white!
"Hands up, who agrees we had a really emjoyable walk."Walk Stats.
Distance: 9.1 miles. Climb: 1024’.
Time: 5 hours 0 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Temperature: 9.1 Celsius at the start of the walk. 6.1 Celsius Mid-afternoon. 10.1 Celsius as we descended along the road to Loggerheads towards the end of the walk.
Beaufort Wind Force: 3, just a Gentle!
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel, Ed, Fran, Nigel and Mike.
The weather forecast today suggested we might have an odd shower or two and we could expect the feel like temperature to get as low as 2 Celsius.
Alas in the morning we experience, rain and hail, especially at the time stopped for lunch.
The bonus today was all of the birds singing and lots of plants coming into flower.
Birds seen or heard today included: Carrion crow, European robin, Common blackbird, Blue tit, Common chaffinch, Wood nuthatch, House sparrow, Common chaffinch, Winter wren, Great tit, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon, Great spotted woodpecker, Common buzzard, Raven, Goldfinch, Eurasian jay and Willow warbler.
Flowers seen today included Common dandelion, Ramson, Common Dog violet, Daffodil, Tulip, Primrose, Wood anemone, Periwinkle and Stitchwort.
No takers for the Moel Famau extension today, everyone was happy to stick to the described route, even if we did complete it in the opposite direction as to the usual way we do the walk.
Arriving back at the cars at Cadole, we all knew that we had had a good walk resulting in tired legs demanding reviving with a pint of Purple Moose’s Snowdonia Ale, Timothy Taylor’s Landlord or even a pot of tea at the Glasfryn.

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