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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.

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Harris Hiker Solo Adventures Wednesday 27th May 2020

The Pelissiers on Another Walk Around Farndon.
Spot the Swallow.
Home to Queensferry and Back Using Both Sides of the River.
Gull resting on the mud banks of the River Dee, west of Bumper's Lane, Chester.
A Dunnock on the path, north west of River Lane, Saltney.
Looking towards Queensferry from the Saltney Ferry Footbridge.
A Barn swallow on overhead wires.
A House martin on the nearby wire.
A Grey heron standing in the usual "squirrel field".
Traffic crossing the A494 Queensferry roadbridge as well as traffic on the Wales Coast Path.
Hawarden Bridge and the New Flint Bridge from the old Blue Queensferry-Garden City Road Bridge.
Distance: 9.9 miles Climb: 127'.
Time: 4 hours 17minutes. On the move walking average: 2.7 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Another lovely day for walking, especially before mid-day and before the temperature rose too much.
Birds seemed to be keeping out of the way, but the highlight was seeing about ten House martins at Higher Ferry. A good number actually perched on wires overhead, something I had only associated with Barn swallows before.
The Wales Coast Path was marginally quieter than usual i terms of cyclists, but there was still a few lycra loonies about.
The surprise of the day was seeing four vans on the Wales Coast Path - all from National Resources Wales and were undertaing routine maintenace work around the pumping stations.
Birds seen or heard today included: Housesparrow, Common blackbird, Collared dove, Woodpigeon, Common whitethroat, European robin, Dunnock, Oystercatcher, Black headed gull, Herring gull, Lesser black back gull, Canads goose, Lapwing, Skylark, Winter wren, Barn swallow, Common buzzard, Great tit, Jackdaw, Common chaffinch, House martin and Grey Heron.

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