Rhosesmor, Moel y Gaer, Catch, Halkyn Mountain, Windmill and the Blue Bell.

St. Paul's Church, Rhosesmor.

Inside St. Paul's Church, Rhosesmor.

Resident doves at Rhosesmor.

The approach to the ramparts on Moel y Gaer.

Looking towards the River Dee from Moel y Gaer ramparts.

Distant views of the twin masts at Catch Wireless Station. 

The two masts at Catch look a bit closer now.

First views of Moel Famau from south of Windmill.

The mast at Windmill on the skyline.

The Clydian Hills from the trig point on Halkyn Mountain.

At the trig point on Halkyn Mountain.

All three Halkyn masts, but looks like the Windmill mast has more transmitters.

The leaving of Windmill.

The stone quarry near Moel-y-crio, viewed from Windmill.

The road leading to Halkyn.

There used to be a shop and Post Office in this building!

Not far to go now!

Distance: 5.2 miles. Climb: 500'.
Time: 1 hour 50 minutes. Overall walking average: 2.8 m.p.h.
Temperature: Around 10 Celsius, but feeling cooler.
BWF: 2 – a Light breeze at most on higher more exposed area.
The day started with breakfast at The Gold Cape in Mold before catching the 10-20 bus to Rhosesmor. Delayed for a few minutes while a dog owner cleaned up the message that her dog left!
Arriving at Rhosesmor, my first port of call was visit St. Paul's Church, as it was open. I understood that more money had been spent on this church than any other church on the area. However, I was more impressed with the St. Mary the Virgin Church at Halkyn with its Halkyn marble pillars. The walk today went to the trig point on Halkyn Mountain via Catch. The return route crossed the Billins on the way to Windmill. Finally taking the road back to Halkyn and the Blue Bell.
It was rather overcast with distant views never very clear, although the Clwydians hills were still easy to identify.
Plenty of dog walkers out, in fact one took the photo of me at the trig point. Crossing Moel y Gaer and Halkyn Mountain, there was a noticeable cool wind, and I wore my fleece throughout the walk. Birds seen or heard today included: European robin, House sparrow, Dove, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Common starling, Long tailed tit, Woodpigeon, Black billed magpie and Goldfinch.
Overall an enjoyable walk, followed by a couple of excellent pints of Lees Bitter in the blue Bell.
I ended up talking to local who regularly goes down the mine tunnels that run below Halkyn Mountain. Apparently, there are sixty miles of tunnels running from Loggerheads all the way to Bagillt. He showed me a video of the railway engine, still operational many years after the real mining had stopped. He was going down tomorrow to help replace an old ladder with anew aluminium ladder, but it would be a 2.5-mile journey on the railway engine, just to get to it! He had lots of fascinating things to say about the underground tunnel system, but I couldn’t stop to hear them all, as I had a bus to catch!