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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.

Saturday, 22 December 2018

The Little Orme to Rhos-on-Sea and back 22nd December 2018

The Little Orme as we left Craig-y-Don,
Local residents at the foot of the Little Orme.
Ed leading the way on recently improved path on the East side of the Little Orme.
Snowdonia from the trig point on the Little Orme.
A little on the breezy side at the trig point on the Little Orme.
Descending "the ridge"!
Seals on Angel bay at high tide.
Dunlin roosting on the rocks West of Rhos Point at high tide.
Turnstone roosting on the rocks West of Rhos Point at high tide.
Residents at Rhos Point.
View from our lunch spot - At. Trillo's Chapel, Rhos-on-Sea.
.A Purple sandpiper on the roosting on the rocks West of Rhos Point as the tide receded.

Wigeon on the sea in Penrhyn Bay.
Count the Grey seals if you can - we counted over 50 in the bay and nearby in the sea.
Are these pups in Angel bay.?
Are these pups in Angel bay?
A Raven on top of the rock face in the old quarry at Angel bay.
Llandudno ahead.
Walk stats: Distance: 8.6 miles. Climb: 1073' (Wind assisted GPS reading). (1036' on the Memory Map Route properties).
Time: 4 hours 17 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Jim and Ed.
Overall the weather today was pretty good for walking, although it was a little too breezy as we approached the trig point on the Little Orme. Heading east, the wind was assisting us as we all the way to to Rhos-on Sea.
 On our first visit to Angel bay, it was very close to high tide, but at least we did see about 16 Grey seals.
 we decided that we would revisit the bay on our return journey and this time, with more beach exposed, we saw at least 53 seals, including a good number of pups.
 Distant views along the coast towards Colwyn bay and Rhyl beyond were good.
  We decided to have lunch using the many benches available near St. Trillo's Chapel at Rhos-on-Sea, where I tried hard to get a good photo of A Great crested grebe on the sea nearby as I enjoyed my lunch. I failed as it kept on diving, just a I had it in focus.
 Overall a very enjoyable walk, mainly in sunshine, only four drops of rain  and lots of  Grey seals in Angel Bay.
 Birds seen or heard today included: Eurasian curlew, Herring gull, Black headed gull, House sparrow, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common blackbird, Fulmer, European robin, House sparrow, Pied wagtail, Great cormorant, Oystercatcher, Common starling, Raven, Turnstone, Purple sandpiper and Wigeon.
 After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Blue Bell in Halkyn, where the Lees Bitter and Gwynt-y-Draig Black Dragon went down well.
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