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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.

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Llanfair Talhaiarn and Moel Unben 4th September 2014

"On the way down already and we've only just climbed up!"
"Can anyone identify these legs?"
Panorama from Moel Unben - looking towards Snowdonia.
Panorama looking towards the Clwydians.
Snowdonia from Moel Unben.
A calf that produced a few "ahs".
A good reason to cut the walk short"
Walk stats: 6.5 miles. Climb: 947'.
Time: 4 hours 14 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.1 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.5 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Sue and Dave P., Ceia, Roger, Sue and Michel.
The weather forecasters didn't quite get it right today! they suggested it was partly cloudy and we would get a 10 m.p.h. breeze. In fact it was sunny throughout the walk and virtually no breeze of any significance that could cool us.
 After just three miles w had reached the summit of Moel Unben and as it was just about 12-00, no-one objected when I suggested we should have lunch. The views from this little top were superb, especially towards Snowdonia.
 In addition one or two of the group were entertained as they watched a farmer and his tractor and tried to pick which direction he would actually leave the field. They all lost!
 Setting off after lunch, I was thinking this is too warm to do the whole walk and how I could suggest that crossing the footbridge and climbing all the way up on the other side of the road as far as Mynydd Dir seemed an awful long climb. I even mentioned this as we approached the footbridge, the point where the decision had to be made. When we arrived at the relevant footpath and the footbridge, the path was closed and the footbridge no longer existed. We had no choice, we had to do the shorter version of the walk! To be honest no-0ne in the group seemed to  mind, although we only just arrived as the Blue bell in Halkyn opened at 15-00.
 Birds seen or heard today included: Carrion crow, Common buzzard, House sparrow, Goldfinch, Pied wagtail, Meadow pipit, Stonechat, Barn swallow, House martin and Common pheasant.
 After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Blue Bell in Halkyn where the house beers (brewed by Facers) and Castle IPA went down well. Their "250th cider went down well too, but after I had got home!
 As this was the first time  for the rest of the group,  didn't know how they would take to this new hostelry. Celia said she could cope with it, so I as suppose that means it's OK!
 Overall a good walk, even if I have to look into how we may extend the walk in the future (that is assuming that the group in the future wants to walk more than 6.5 miles!).

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