Wetherspoon's Ruthin Castle Hotel - our hostelry of choice for our after walk refreshments and where Mike was meeting his cousins at 16-30.
An impressive memorial to a local racing car driver who was killed in 1977.
A closer look at the Memorial.
More details about the racing car driver.
St. Mwrog and Mary's Church, Llanfwrog.
Our first view of Moel Famau.
Field geraniums.
Looking over Golflinks Farm towards the Clwydian Hills
A male Common pheasant negotiates the long grass.
This field of grass looked quite purple as it waved in the breeze and sunshine.
The Afon Clywedog from the footbridge east of Berth.
The start of the delightful Lady Bagot's Drive
Fallen trees across the Afon Clywedog.
More fallen trees across the Afon Clywedog.
An impressive fern seen next to Lady Bagot's Drive.
Possibly our best view of the Clwydian Hills as we emerged from Coed Nant.
"Are you sure you want to come this way?"
A female Mallard and most of her 12 ducklings.
4 more of the ducklings.
The Drovers Arms, Rhwel.
On the field path from Rhewl on the way to Plas-y-Ward.
Plas-y-Ward Farm House.
"On a day like this, it is quite nice to have a paddle."
Distance: 8.7 miles. Climb: 692’.Time: 6 hours 6 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 17.2 Celsius at the start. 19.2 Celsius at lunch in Rhewl. Max – 21.2 Celsius in direct sunshine.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 2. Mainly a Light breeze, reaching a maximum of 5.9 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Nigel and Mike.
Weatherwise this was a good day for walking, pleasantly warm, but with a cooling breeze.
This was a walk that we have done many times before, often in Spring when lots of flowers are appearing. Today was a little disappointing as the Ramsons still smelled strongly of garlic, but most of the flowers had died off. However, we did see some Bluebells still in flower in Coed Nant. Lots of Buttercups and Daisies and early on in the walk a small splash of Field geraniums.
The Afon Clywedog had more water in it that the Afon Clwyd, but they still seemed pretty low.
Lunch was taken at Rhewl, where we took advantage of available seats near the bus stop and the Drovers Arms, a Lees house, but sadly didn’t open until 17-00.
We used several field paths, and the ground was very hard and looked very dry. Many of the fields had been planted with crops that looked as though they were Ok, but they may have been revived by the hour-long downpour they had yesterday.
Birds seen or heard today included: Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Common blackbird, Carrion crow, Chiffchaff, Willow warbler, Song thrush, Mallard Woodpigeon, Winter wren, House martin, Barn swallow, European robin, House sparrow, Common buzzard, Moorhen, Common chaffinch, Blue tit, Grey heron, Woodpigeon, Common pheasant, Lesser black back gull, Herring gull, Rook, Common starling, Pied wagtail and Grey wagtail.
We arrived back at the car, having had a good walk, and ready for some liquid refreshment at the Ruthin Castle (a Wetherspoon establishment).
Nigel enjoyed a pint of Weetwood’s Cheshire Cat, I had several cups of tea, and it was Mike’s turn to enjoy a pint of Pepsi Cola.
We even sat outside, but in the shade at first, but moved into the Sun when it started to feel on the cool side. The outdoor seating in the Ruthin Castle gives good views of Moel Famau and the Clwydian Hills.
Mike had arranged to meet his cousins at about 16-30, and we left just before then, after one of his cousins had arrived.
After dropping off Nigel, I returned home via the Fountains Roundabout, and was pleasantly surprised to see how quiet and easy it was to negotiate.
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