Yet more Bluebells - North of Pontfadog.
The Eglywseg Rocks avove Llangollen in the heat haze!
At the trig point on Y Foel - lunch finished!
Ramsons and Bluebells.
Some of the flowers seen on route.
More flowers seen today.
Fran's Corn flowers (Dave J's too).
Walk stats: Distance: 11.4 miles (More for Dave J) : Climb : 1685' (More for Dave J).
Time: 6 hours 6 minutes ) (More for Dave J.), On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h. Overallwalk average: 1.9 m.p.h
Group: Martyn, Roger, Gordon, Annie H, Sue and Michel, Celia, Dave Savage, Sylvia and Dave J., Fran, Sue and Dave P.
A good forecast, but in the end it was too hot for me, it reminded me (and others) of an infamous day with the group in Italy!
A lovely walk, where views were limited, as the heat haze clouded the distant views. The birds around were limited too. However we were compensated by the number of flowers seen, especially as we approached Glyn Ceiriog.
Lunch was taken early for us, at he Biddulf tower but no-one complained, despite the fact that we still had 7 miles to go!
As we went through Lwynmawr we had a choice, carry on along the road or continue as described on the route description.
As I approached the decision point Dave P said "you may have a mutiny on your hands", I replied "not really, I've already decided that I wanted to carry on along the most direct route to the start!
Dave J decided that he didn't agree and did his own thing to arrive back at the car park about 10 minutes later than the rest of us.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common swift, House martin, Bar swallow, House sparrow, House sparrow, Greenfinch, Eurasian curlew, Chiffchaff, Willow warbler, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Common buzzard, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Raven, Song thrush, Meadow pipit, Skylark and Blackcap.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Pant-yr-Ochan, where the best refreshing beer on offer was Cwrw Eryry (Snowdonia Ale), although the first pint of Cwrw Haf wasn't bad either.
Dave S., joined the group for the first time, and hopefully it won't be the last.
A good forecast, but in the end it was too hot for me, it reminded me (and others) of an infamous day with the group in Italy!
A lovely walk, where views were limited, as the heat haze clouded the distant views. The birds around were limited too. However we were compensated by the number of flowers seen, especially as we approached Glyn Ceiriog.
Lunch was taken early for us, at he Biddulf tower but no-one complained, despite the fact that we still had 7 miles to go!
As we went through Lwynmawr we had a choice, carry on along the road or continue as described on the route description.
As I approached the decision point Dave P said "you may have a mutiny on your hands", I replied "not really, I've already decided that I wanted to carry on along the most direct route to the start!
Dave J decided that he didn't agree and did his own thing to arrive back at the car park about 10 minutes later than the rest of us.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common swift, House martin, Bar swallow, House sparrow, House sparrow, Greenfinch, Eurasian curlew, Chiffchaff, Willow warbler, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Common buzzard, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Raven, Song thrush, Meadow pipit, Skylark and Blackcap.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Pant-yr-Ochan, where the best refreshing beer on offer was Cwrw Eryry (Snowdonia Ale), although the first pint of Cwrw Haf wasn't bad either.
Dave S., joined the group for the first time, and hopefully it won't be the last.
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