Walks and Dates September 2012

Updated on 26th September 2012.

Monday 3rd September 2012. 
Congratulations
to
Catrin and Adrian
on the birth of their son Gruffydd Owain, born in the early this morning. 
Mother and baby (8 lb 11 onz) both doing well.
Congratulations to Margaret and Roger on becoming grandparents for the third time.
Bereavement. 
Thursday 30th August 2012
Mike Dodd's mother died peacefully in her sleep at 09-30am this morning.  
Our thoughts and prayers are with Mike, Becky, Rachael and the rest of the Dodd family at this sad time.
The funeral wil take place on Thursday 6th September 2012.

Saturday 1st September 2012.
A Four Rivers Walk.

This walk was postponed and will be included later in the year.

Distance: 10.0 miles. Climb: 500'.

Start: Hornby car park by the bridge over the river. Grid ref: SD585683.

Leave Chester at 08-00 a.m.

This is another walk taken from Terry Marsh's bok "Fifty Classic Walks in Lancashire".  After meetin a couple on the Ward's Stone Walk, who said that walking in the Hornby area was superb, I thought that it would be good to check it out with this walk. This walk follows parts of the rivers Greta, Lune, Wenning and Hindburn. There is minimal climb, so this should be a stroll in what is described as an area of historical interest and includes a "castle"!

Thursday 6th September 2012.

Mynydd Marian.

Distance:8-9 miles; Climb:1300'.
Start: Llandulas shoreline car park. Grid ref:SH907786. Leave A55 at the Llandulas junction, turn left towards Llandulas, and take the next turning left down Station Road. After going under the bridge (A55) the car parking area is straight ahead.
Leave Chester at 09-00 a.m..
This is another one of my favourite coastal walks and again visits the summit of Mynydd Marian with its fine views back towards the coast.

Saturday 8th September 2012.

Maenan and More.

Distance: 9-10 miles. Climb:1000' at a guess.
Start: Maenan National Trust Car park. Grid ref: SH795665.
Leave Chester at 08-00 a.m.
Only 3 miles of this walk are on a described walk, taken from Carl Rogers' book "walking in the Conwy Valley". This is described as an easy walk on the Eastern side of the valley and visits the Cadair Ifas Viewpoint. The rest of the walk folows the Eastern bank of the Afon Conwy, before returning to the start along field paths and minor roads.

Thursday 13th September 2012.

Wat's Dyke, Caergwrle and Waun-y-Llyn Country Park.

Distance: 10 miles. Climb: 1000' at a guess.
Start: Waun-y-Llyn Country Park Car Park. Grid ref: SJ2866577.
Leave Chester at 09-00 a.m.
This walk combines two walks from Dave Berry's book " Walks Around Rhuabon Mountain, Clywedog Valley and Hope Mountain". It is described as walks exploring the attractive countryside between Caergwrle and Hope.  We will also extend the walk to include Waun-y-Llyn Country Park.

Saturday 15th September 2012.

Weets Hill.

This walk was postponed and will appear later in the year - no-one around, so ende up painting the garden fences!

Distance: 9-10 miles. Climb: 900'

Start: Saltersforth Wharfe near Barnoldswick. Grid ref: SD887545.
Leave Chester at 08-00 a.m.
This walk is taken from Terry Marsh's book "50 Classic Walks in Lancashire" . He describes it as a fairly easy walk , combining farm paths, moorland paths and canal towpaths. Weet Hill offers some of the best views in the South Pennines.

Thursday 20th September 2012.

Around Gwysaney and More.

Distance: 6.0 miles, 8.5 miles or 9.5 miles or 10.5 miles (decided on the day, as and when we have to make a decision!).

Climb: 1500', but depends on the actual route we decide to take after lunch! 

Start. Parking area near the children's play ground in Rhosesmore. Grid ref: SJ214684.

The walk uses two walks from Dave Berry's book " Walks Around Holywell Mountain and Halkyn Mountain. Our usual route usually includes Cwm Conwy, but I suspect that today's walk won't! The Gwystaney walk is described as a walk through the undulating countryside between Rhosesmor and Sychdyn, exploring the lush wooded Gwysaney Estate. The second walk at least includes visiting Moel Y Gaer hill-fort and how much mire depends on us!

Wilmslow to Mottram and More.

This walk is postponed and will appear at a future datw.
Start. Car Park near St Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow. Grid ref: SJ847816.
Leave Chester at 08-45 a.m.
This is effectively the same walk as we did last month, but starts nearer to Wilmslow, and we will complete the Mottram part of the walk first, and then extend the walk to Twinnies Bridge later.

Saturday 22nd September 2012.

Yr Wyddfa.

Distance: 7-8 miles. Climb: 2700'.
Start Rhyd Ddu Station Car Park (Pay and Display). SH571525.
Leave Chester at 08-00.
This is the usual walk from Rhydd Ddu. Ascent via the quarries at Bwlch Cwm Llan and the steady climb up the South ridge nd Bwlch Maen and descent via the Rhyd Ddu path. I always like to climb Snowdon at least once a year, and the Bwlch Maen ascent is one of my favourite routes.

Thursday 27th September 2012.

Around Minera and Nant Mill.

Distance: 10 miles. Climb: 1500' at a guess.
Start: Minera Lead Mines Centre Car park. Grid ref: SJ 276509.
Leave Chester at 09-00 a.m.
This walk combines two walks from Dave Berry's book " Walks Around Rhuabon Mountain, Clywedog Valley and Hope Mountain".  This id described as  walk exploring the attractive countryside and history around Minera and the Clywedog Valley. We will complete some parts of the route twice, but not in the same direction.

Saturday 29th September 2012.

Wild Moor

Distance:11 miles.Climb: 2120''.
Start: Church Stretton. Grid ref:SO453936.
It's quite some time since we had a walk in Shropshire. It is a relatively low level walk on the Long Mynd. The walk is taken from Ian R Jones's booklet "20 Church Stretton Walks". We have done the walk several times before, and will be familiar to most of the group. It's also the time of the year that Dotterel migrate, so there is an outside chance that we may see one!
Leave Chester at 8-00 a.m.