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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, 24 September 2025

A Short Moel Famau Walk 24th September 2025

The main features seen from Bwlch Penbarra.
The Vale of Clwyd from Bwlch Penbarra.
More of the Vale of Clwyd seen from Bwlch Penbarra.
Even more of the Vale of Clwyd seen from Bwlch Penbarra.
The Offa's Dyke Path to Moel Famau.
Our route to the Clwyd Forest.
Moel Famau looks a long way off!
The Jubilee Tower on Moel Famau, seen through the trees in the Clwyd Forest.
The track we will follow to the Offa's Dyke Path and the Summit.
Waiting for me to catch up!
Moel Famau still looks a long way off.
Moel Famau ahead. Taken by Fran.
New growth on the fir tree.
Mike making a point to Nigel!
On the top of the Jubilee Tower on Moel Famau.
Snacking on nuts provided by Mike.
The Offa's Dyke Path.
Offa's Dyke Path.
Offa's Dyke Path to the right.
Bwlch Penbarra Car Park is just around the bend!
The view from my lunch spot at Bwlch Penbarra viewpoint.
The new outdoor area at the Square Bottle.
Distance: 3.6 miles
Climb: 889'.
Time: 2 hours 11 minutes
On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Overall wall average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 10.2 – 15.2 2 Celsius.
BWF: Max 3.  A 9.2 m.p.h. Gentle breeze.
Birds seen or heard today included: Meadow pipit, Carrion crow, Raven, Coal tit, Common blackbird, Woodpigeon and Eurasian jay.
Although I was only doing a short Moel Famau walk, I met up with t8he Chester Contingent at the Bwlch Penbarra car park, ready for a 10-00 start.
The temperature recorded was 13.5 Celsius, but the wind made it feel cooler than that!
We all set off wearing jackets, but it wasn’t long before we decided they were no longer needed.
My route took a forest track through Clwyd Forest, to the east of the Offa’s Dyke motorway. On this section we saw nobody, a situation that changed once we joined the Offa’s Dyke Path south of the summit.
The Jubilee Tower on Moel Famau was as far as we went together, after that, I headed down the Offa’s Dyke Path back to Bwlch Penbarra, whilst the rest of the group extended the walk by heading northward and eventually returning to the start on the western fringes of the Clwydian Hills.

Distant views were rather hazy, but still pretty good.

I arrived back at Bwlch Penbarra, just after 12-00, a good time to stop for lunch, sitting in the Sun overlooking the Vale of Clwyd.

I was hope just after 13-00, so I decided to catch a bus into Chester and take a look at the Square Bottle after its recent refurbishment.

It was pretty busy, and the only place that I could find a seat was in the new outside area. It was pleasant enough, quite sheltered, but today very noisy as building work was still ongoing.

Nevertheless, Oakham’s Citra and Old Rosie Cider went down well, before catching the bus home

Home in time to clean my boots outside before getting my dinner ready.
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