Dates and Walks October 2019

Updated on 25th October 2019

Wednesday 2nd October 2019.

Grange, Pantasaph and Llwyn Ifor.

Distance: 9-10 miles. Climb 1100'.

Start: Holywell, Halkyn Street Car Park (pay and display - £1 on our last visit). Grid ref: SJ18957548.

Leave Chester at 09-00 a.m.

This is another figure of eight walks from Ron Williams and Elfed Jones's book " 10 Walks Around Holywell".

 Again the walks take us along many paths that we know well, but there are a few new ones for us to explore too. Good views, especially towards the coast once we get on higher ground above Holywell.

Saturday 5th October 2019.

Beaumaris and Penmon. 
Postponed until 19th October 2019.
There are major road works on the A55, so I will switch this walk to one that doesn't involve using the A55 around the Abergele area.
Replacement Walk.
Llugwy and Lledr,

See below.

This walk combines one walk from Carl Roger's book "Coastal Walks Around Anglesey - Volume 1" with a walk from his book "Coastal Walks Around Anglesey - Volume 2" .  We enjoyed these walk when we last did it in March 2011.  High tide is at 15-08, so it should be possible to walk along the beach for the first part of the walk.  This is a good and varied walk, passing Penmon Priory and the site of Castell Aberlleiniog.
However I am sure a few short cuts will be made to reduce the distance to around 10 miles.

The Llugwy and Lledre Valley. 

Distance: 8-9 miles; Climb: 1500'.

Start: Railway station car park in the centre of Betws-y Coed. Grid ref: SH795565. 

Leave Chester at 8-30 a.m.

This is another walk taken from Dave Berry's new book "Walks Around Betws-y-Coed and the Conwy Valley". This walk links the beautiful wooded Llugwy and Lledre Valleys. It takes in Sarn Helen, the former Roman Road, and reaches over 800' before descending in to the Lledre Valley. It involves a steep climb to Llyn Elsi or at least that is what Dave Berry says!

Wednesday 9th October 2019.

East of Holywell,The Moor and Greenfield Valley.

Distance: 9  - 10 miles. Climb: 1500'.

Start: Halkyn Sreet car park Holywell. (opposite the hospital). Grid ref: SJ18957548.

This is a figure of eight walk, combing one walk from Ron Williams and Elfed Jones' booklet " 10 Walks Around Holywell" and one walk from Dave Berry's book " Walks Around Holywell and Halkyn Mountain". The first walk explores the moor and valley to the North of Holywell and the other walk explores the undulating countryside between Holywell and Bagillt.

Saturday 12th October 2019.

Moel-y-Gaer and Halkyn Moutain from the Blue Bell Inn, Halkyn.
Postponed as it looks as though I will be Billy No Mates again.

Distance: 8-10 miles. Climb: 1000'.

Start: Common ground opposite the Blue Bell Inn, Halkyn. Grid ref: SJ209702.

Leave Chester at 08-45 a.m. (A bonus time to start for some!)

This walk attempts to combine two walks from the Blue Bell Inn's web site, but it isn't that easy to extend the walk beyond the 6 miles in the described routes! The route includes many of the paths that we have used on our regular walks in this region, but many are in the opposite direction to the usual way that we go. We will probably extend the route by visiting the trig point on Halkyn Mountain.

Wednesday 16th October 2019.

Around Gwysaney and More.

Distance: 6.0 miles, 8.5 miles or 9.5 miles or 10.5 miles (decided on the day, as and when we have to make a decision!).

Climb: 1500', but depends on the actual route we decide to take after lunch! 

Start. Parking area near the children's play ground in Rhosesmore. Grid ref: SJ214684.

The walk uses two walks from Dave Berry's book " Walks Around Holywell Mountain and Halkyn Mountain. Our usual route normally includes Cwm Conwy, but I suspect that today's walk won't! The Gwystaney walk is described as a walk through the undulating countryside between Rhosesmor and Sychdyn, exploring the lush wooded Gwysaney Estate. The second walk at least includes visiting Moel Y Gaer hill-fort and how much more depends on us!.

Saturday 19th October 2019.

Beaumaris and Penmon. 
Postponed - weather forecast suggests it will rain al day.
Replacement walk will be more local.
Moel Famau via Coed Clwyd, Moel Ffrith and possibly Moel Dywyll
An 8 -10 mile walk  with a climb of either 1700' or 2000'
from 
 Bwlch Penbarras car park (pay and display). Grid ref: SJ161605.
Leave Chester at 09-00 a.m.

or
as a last resort

Halkyn Mountain from the Common Ground opposite the Blue Bell. Grid ref: SJ209702.

Distance:13 miles. Climb: 1300'.

Start: The car park on the left just past Beaumaris Castle. Grid ref: SH609762.

Leave Chester 8-00 a.m.

This walk combines one walk from Carl Roger's book "Coastal Walks Around Anglesey - Volume 1" with a walk from his book "Coastal Walks Around Anglesey - Volume 2" .  We enjoyed these walk when we last did it in March 2011.  High tide is at 13-28, so it should be possible to walk along the beach for the first part of the walk.  This is a good and varied walk, passing Penmon Priory and the site of Castell Aberlleiniog.
However I am sure a few short cuts will be made to reduce the distance to around 10 miles.

Wednesday 23rd October 2019.

Fron Hen and Bryn Alyn.

Distance: 10 -11 miles. Climb: 1800'. 
Although the distance will probably be reduced by taking a few short cuts.

Start: Layby on the A494 Mold to Ruthin Road, about 1/2 mile South of Llanferres. Grid ref: SJ187597.

Leave Chester 09-00 a.m.

This walk uses two walks from Dave Berry's book More Walks in the Clwydian Hill".  We have combined these walks on several occasions before and the section over Bryn Alyn is always good. It will also give us another opportunity to test our route finding skills through Nercwys Forest again! Admittedly the last couple of times we have had no problems in finding the right path, we've done it so many times over the years that at last the route seems to be etched in to our memories!

This good walk has its challenges and its delights too!

Saturday 26th October 2019.

Monsal Head And More.
Postponed - heavy rain forecast all day.

Distance 8 - 9 miles. Climb: 1900'.
Start: Monsal Head Car Park (Pay and Display). Grid ref: SK184714.
Leave Chester at 08-00.
It is a long time since we started a walk from the Monsal Head. This walk is a rather contrived walk, but it will enable us to walk along the Monsal Trail, including going through a three tunnels, Litton, Cressbrook and Headstone tunnels. There are lights in the tunnels, but taking a torch is recommended just in case they fail for some reason.
The walk sfollows Water-cum-Jolly Dale,Miller's Dale before joining the Monsal Trail just beyond Litton Mill. The trail is followed as far as Longstone Lane which is followed south before linking up wth field paths back to the start.

Wednesday 30th October 2019.

Stokyn, The Coastal Path and More.

Distance: 8.0 miles Climb: 800'.
Start: Holywell Halkyn Street Car Park. Grid ref: SJ18957548.
Leave Chester at 09-00 a.m.

This is another walk taken from Ron Williams and Elfed Jones' booklet "10 Walks Around Holywell".  Much of the walk is familiar to all of us. As this walk is nominally shorter than our usual walk, it will probably give us time to explore the grounds of Basingwork Abbey, or maybe extending the walk after perusing the map at lunch time. Last time we did this walk, we ended up doing 10.3 miles.