On the path from the Old Holywell Road down to the coast.
On the path from the Old Holywell Road down to the coast.
Greenfield Dock, the last point that we reached on the planne walk!
Walk stats: Distance: 5.8 miles. Climb: 600'.
Time: 2 hours 45 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Group: Matyn, Annie, Phil, Wendy, Celia and Tim.
We arrived at Holywell, hoping that we would miss most of the rain, sleet or snow that was forecast. Unfortunately it wasn't to be and within half an hour it was sleeting quite hard and we were wondering why we were enduring such unpleasant weather voluntarily! However it kept on easing, giving us renewed hope. Just as we approaching the coast road at East of greenfield, it started to snow so heavily that I had to remove my glasses in order to see where I was going!
As you might expect views weren't that extensive and I heard a few birds, but saw even fewer!
They included: House sparrow, Chaffinch, Oystercatcher, Winter wren and Common blackbird.
Arriving at Greenfield Dock, we had a decision to make, continue on the walk as planned or return via Greenfield Valley. Phil wanted to carry on, Celia was very reluctant, Tim didn't seem very keen and Annie as usual didn't mind either way.
I decided that it was probably best to head up the Greenfield Valley and have lunch in the car.
We arrived back at the car to find that the car park and our cars had quite a bit of snow on them, but it seemed to be thawing quite quickly.
We saw several yellow school buses with children on, indicating that many local schools had closed early, anticipating worse weather was possible on its way.
Two of the cars went straight home, but one car still went to the Britannia Inn at Halkyn. The car park there had a couple of inches of snow, but going down hill wasn't too bad.
Thankfully the Brit had fires at both ends, so it felt quite warm and we soon thawed out nicely. The Lees bitter wasn't bad either.
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