Craig y Forwyn.
The stile south west of Cefn Castell that beat us - secateurs were not enough!
Just for Mike in memory of half an hour using a pair of secateurs.
Looking South from our lunch spot.
The limestone ridge East of Llysfaen.
Approaching Craig y Forwyn.
Looking East towards Cefn-y-Ogof.
On the path below Craig y Forwyn.
Fallen leaves everywhere - here on the North Wales Path east of Llandduklas Quarry.
Walk stats: distance: 8.6 miles. Climb: 1333'.
Time: 4 hours 28 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Jim.
The weather today was somewhat overcast and distant views were never good.
Nevertheless once leaving the coast it was never cold, in fact wearing Paramo gear wasn't really appropriate.
Once again on this walk we encountered problems, first at Nant Gyd, where the route through Nant Gyd Farm wasn't easy to find, then a stile South west of Cefn Castell DEFEATED US (my secateurs weren't goof enough!) and this was after the unwelcome reception of two dogs as we went past the farm house. They weren't as bad a we retraced our steps!.
In order to avoid many of our problems around farms today, we did a fair amount of rod walking.
Lunch was taken South of Llysafen where a fallen tree provide a good seat for lunch.
as we approached Llysfaen, we enjoyed watching a farmer with two sheepdogs, and wondered why one one seemed to head off in the wrong direction. the farmer later informed us that he thought that this twelve year old dog didn't do what he was told to do, but chose to do what he thought he was supposed to do (but was often right!).
As we descended below Craig-y- Forwyn there was a larger walking group but unfortunately we couldn't pass them, so our on the move walking speed dropped below the 2.5 m.p.h. recorded on the GPS at lunch time.
Not many birds heard or seen today, but those we did included: Great cormorant, Oystercatcher, Common blackbird, Carrion crow and Woodpigeon.
Overall a pleasant and enjoyable walk, but if repeated it would need to be adjusted to ensure that farms in the area were all avoided!
After walk drinks were enjoyed ast the Blue Bell Inn at Halkyn, where the real fire had just been lit and the choice of real ciders was excellent - Black Dragon being the one that I enjoyed most.
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