The Horseshoe Falls from the llantysilio Green Car Park.
Snowdrops in the churchyard at llantysilio Green.
The Horseshoe Falls.
Weeds under the clear water of thwe llangollen Canal.
Weeds under the clear water of thwe llangollen Canal.
On the tow path of the llangollen canal.
Looking West from the bridge at Llangollen.
Snowdrops near Cae-Madog.
The Eglwyseg Escarpment from the Glyn Ceiriog Road.
Looking North east across the Dee Valley towards castell Dinas Bran.
More Snowdrops next to the path leading to the A5 at Berwyn.
Looking North east from the Chain Bridge.
Walk stats: Distance: 7.8 miles. Climb:1189'.
Time: 4 hours 31 minutes. On the move walking average 2.4 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel, Roger, Wendy, David S, Paul and Scrumble.
This was another superb day for walking, cool at first but soon warming up to a very pleasant temperature in the mid-teens Celsius. Bright and sunny throughout and hardly any wind. The views today were superb, particularly towards the Llantysilio Mountains, Eglwyseg escarpment and Castell Dinas Bran.
The Snowdrops in the churchyard at Llantysilio Green were past their best (we should have been two weeks earlier), but we did find small pockets of Snowdrops at their best later in the day.
A bonus today was being able to see inside the church.
We even had close views of the Llangollen to Corwen steam train as it ran alongside the canal path and again later a it stopped at the Berwyn Halt..
Lunch was taken just before we descended the Glyn Ceiriog road to Vivod. We sat on the grassy bank,basking in the Sun or if you were lucky on nearby tree stumps.
Much of the walk after lunch was along minor roads that frequently gave superb views across the Dee Valley.
Our final view of the River Dee was as we crossed the Chain Bridge.
We arrived back at the car, having had a really good walk and with boots that for once din't need a major clean to be ready for the next walk.
Birds seen or heard today included: Blue tit, Great tit, House sparrow, Rook, Jackdaw, Mallard, Common buzzard, Black headed gull, Goosander, European robin, Common blackbird and Common chaffinch.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Sun Inn at Trevor, where the Weetwood Eastgate bitter was so good it require a second pint!
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