A Buttercup meadow adjacent to the road as we climb out of Loggerheads.
Cwm-llydan - Moel Famau is somewhere up there!
Trying to avoid the boggy bits as they head towards Cwm-llydan or are the just disagreeing about "Bexit"?
Bryn Alyn from the road east of Brithdir-mawr.
Goats grazing North of Brithdir-fach.
St Mary's Church, Cilcain.
Walking along the Leete towards Loggerheads.
The Afon Alyn before we climbed the steps towards Cadole.
On the stoney path past the Cefn Mawer Quarry towards Cadole.
Final views over Colomendy towards Bryn Alyn.
Walk stats: distance: 8.6 miles. (9.4 miles on my newest GPS). Climb: 1086'.
Time; 5 hours 2 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Fran and David S.
After the heavy rains of recent day, we did anticipate that there would be boggy sections, a good test for Fran wearing a new pair of boots.
We set off anticipating that it would be overcast for most of the day, but at a less than 20% chance of rain we were optimistic that we wouldn't get wet! More surprising sun hats were the order of the day, especially during the morning. Good weather for David S road testing his new shorts.
The Sun was shinning for most of the morning, and as is usual these days, we often explore paths not used before (usually meaning it was a short cut of sorts). today was no exception as we took a path that went to the west side of Ffrith Farm.
We didn't get very high, so distant views were very limited, and the best e had was good views of the hills above Colomendy towards Bryn Alyn.
Arriving a Cilcain, St Mary' Church door was open, so David S informed us that the there were impressive wooden carvings on the internal roof supports.
A church service had recently to finished and we were lucky enough to find two priest still there, and they gladly weklcomed us in gave us lots of historical info about the church.
lunch was taken in the Millennium Wood at Cilcain, where we located a bench big enough for all of us to sit.
This was a good perching spot, although the view we had was very limited - just trees, most of the Birch trees, but no-one complained.
The walk along the Leete is always delightful, and it was here that we stated to encounter other walkers, usually accompanied by a dog, but we did see one walker just outside Cilcain and two walkers on the climb from the Leete to Cadole on the path adjacent to the Cefn Mawr Quarry.
The final approach was along the excellent path adjacent to the Rhydymwyn Road back to Cadole.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common chaffinch, Common blackbird, Black-billed magpie, House martin, Woodpigeon, Eurasian jay, Blackcap, Rook, Jackdaw, Winter wren, European robin and Bullfinch.
Flowers seen today included: Meadow buttercup Stitchwort, Wood forget-me-not, Herb robert and Foxglove.
Overall a very enjoyable walk, on this occasion not too challenging since any encouragement to extend the walk to include Moel Famau was quickly rejected!
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Glasfryn, where there was a good selection of brews 4% or below on offer, including one of my favourite brews Purple Moose's Snowdonia Ale.
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