Moelfre Isaf from Abergele 4th March 2010.

At the watchtower on Tower Hill.

Celia "running" away from friends?

Our first glimpse of the magnicent snow capped peaks of the Carneddau - a treat that was with us for much of the walk.Snowdonia from the summit of Moelfre Isaf.

Wind turbines on the horizon beyond Abergele.

Walk stats:Distance:10.4 miles; Climb:1349'.

Time:5 hours 4 minutes; On the move walking average:2.5 m.p.;Overall walk average:1.8 m.p.h.

Group:Martyn, Richard, Roger, Tim and Celia.

What a glorious sunny day for walking this turned out to be. Sun out all day, it was really shorts weather, well at least it was for one member of the group!

A perfect start to the day when Martyn was allowed to look through the Svaroski telescope of a birder to look at a pair of Common Scoter off shore on the relatively calm sea. Alas they couldn't find a Velvet Scoter to make it a new first!

This was our first walk following Debbied Hamilton's route description, and at one or two points on the outward route we stopped and and had much debate as to the correct way to go. However looking back afterwards we could always see what she was saying, so a few clearer points at crucial points would have been helpful.

Nevertheless this was a superb walk, definitely to be repeated. We even met the same local who on the outward journey commented "Have a good walk, hope you don't get lost" and on the return journey "I see you didn't get lost".

Our first view point was as we entered the clearing by the well preserved watchtower on would you believe it "Tower Hill".

Lunch was taken on the summit of Moelfre Isaf, a vantage point that gave us superb views of Snowdonia from Moel Siabod on the left across Yr Wyddfa, the Glyders and the Carneddau, all capped in snow.

The descent was good too, we were even put right by a local, who pointed out that we could continue along her private road, but the actual path went through the would despite the fact that the gate across the path was padlocked.

Another surprise sighting was the five Red deer near Pen yr allt.

Birds seen or heard today included:Common scoter, Black-billed magpie, Black-headed gull, Herring gull, Rook, Carrion crow, Raven, Buzzard, Kestrel, Blue tit, Great tit, Nuthatch, Bullfinch, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Coot, Mallard, Mute swan and maybe a Redstart (going from Richard's description).

After walk drinks were enjoyed as always at the Britannia Inn at Pentre Halkyn, where as usual the hospitality was second to none.