Heading towards West Shore Toll House.
The Silver studded blue butterfly along the path at the start of the walk.
The delightful path that traverses Gogarth above Marine Drive.
Rock roses and Wild thyme.
Bird's foot trefoil.
Millionaires' Row
The Ringlet.
Takin cover from the Sun.
Looking back down the Monk's Path.
Stretching out on the last bit of the Monk's Path.
Parc Farm and the The Great Orme Summit.
The Limestone pavement on the Great Orme plateau.
A young rabbit rests on the Great Orme plateau.
St. Tudno's Church on the Great Orme.
Inside St. Tudno's Church.
A group of Great cormorants drying off in the warm sunshine.
Pigeon's Cave, but not a Grey seal in sight.
The first goat seen today, but where are the rest?
The Black guillemot (the bird of the day) seen on the sea as we walked along Marine Drive near Happy Valley.
Fulmars still on the nesting ledge.
Llandudno Pier and the Little Orme beyond.
A Great black backed gull and Great cormorant staying well away from each other.
There's something missing!
Llandudno Pier from our lunch spot in Happy Valley.
Llandudno North Shore.
The easy way back.
Where's Ed?
Just a few enjoying going for a paddle in the sea on North Shore.
So this is where all the goats are!
"I'm in charge."
Yellow horned poppy?
Climb: 951’
Time: 4 hours 24 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.4 m.p.h.
Temperature: 16.5 Celsius to 24.5 Celsius, although it need reach 26.4 Celsius at lunch in the Happy Valley when we sat on a bench in the warm sunshine.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 3. Mainly no noticeable wind, but it did briefly gust to an 8.2 m.p.h Gentle breeze near the Cable Car station.
Group: Martyn and Nigel.
This was a good day for walking with only a few brief sunny spells. In the main it was pleasantly warm, although it was on the humid side when we crossed the main summit plateau.
After visiting St. Tudno’s Church, we dropped down to the Marine Drive, in the hope that we would see some Grey seals in at the entrance to Pigeon Cave. Alas, the tide was too high and the beach section was still covered by the sea.
Lunch was taken in Happy Valley, on the benches that had good views towards Llandudno Pier and the Little Orme beyond.
As we started to have lunch, Nigel was expertly robbed of his lunch by a Herring gull. Fortunately, there was a café / shop nearby, so Nigel treated himself to an Eccles cake which guarded carefully as he ate it!
Our return route took us back to the start along the” Invalid’s Terrace.”
Arriving back at West Shore, we saw lots of school children paddling in the sea and one lone man swimming in the sea.
Birds seen or heard today included: Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Common blackbird, Carrion crow, Woodpigeon, Oystercatcher, Great cormorant, Herring gull, Fulmar, House sparrow, Herring gull, Great black back gull, Stonechat, Pied wagtail, Common whitethroat, Black guillemot, Red billed chough, Meadow pipit and Raven.
Overall, a very pleasant and enjoyable walk, even if we didn’t get sightings of the Pearl bordered blue. We did however, see several other butterflies, including the Silver studded blue and Ringlet.
Rather a shorter than usual walk, but the call of the Albion made disappointment in distance walked fade away.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Albion in Conwy. Once again it was relatively quiet, no problem getting a seat in the back room.
Purple Moose’s Cwrw Eryri went down a well, but thee again it always does after a walk on a warm day. A pint of Coca Cola wasn’t really what I wanted, but at least it did quench my thirst.
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