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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.

Friday, 13 November 2020

Angel Bay and Around Llandudno Bay Friday 13th November 2020

Angel Bay and Around Llandudno Bay.
Eurasian curlew on fields opposite the RNLI Station.
Oystercatcher on fields opposite the RNLI Station.
Donkeys sheltering by a wall below Little Orme Head.
View from the bench on the North Wales Coast Path on the east side of Little Orme Head.
The tramway from the upper quarry leading to "dog walkers plateau" - the lower quarry.
The first Grey seal I saw today.
Two seals enjoying a tumble together.

Grey seal beaching.
Llandudno Bay.
The Grand Hotel and pier at Llandudno.
The pier at Llandudno.
Little Orme Head from Craig-y-Don.
Distance: 6.0 miles Climb: 525'.
Time: 2 hours 35 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h (Angel Bay Walk), 3.2 m.p.h. (Around Llandudno Bay Walk). Overall walking average: 2.3 m.p.h.
The forecast for today was too good to miss, housework can be done tomorrow when it rains.
Although it was bright and sunny, it was accompanied by a strong cool wind, that forced me to wear a fleece and leave my walking socks pulled. Nevertheless shorts were still the order of the day!
Eurasian curlews and Oystercatchers were seen in the field opposite the RNLI Station, a good place to spot them at this time of the year. 
I decided to miss out on the summit of Great Orme Head and instead kept to the more sheltered North Wales Path on the way to the old quarry and Angel Bay.
About 30 Grey seals were beached in Angel Bay, but there were proabably more as I didn't spend much time counting them.
I arrived back at the car at about 11-30, so had a quick drink, before heading to Llandudno along the front around Llandudno Bay.
This turned out to be an enjoyable. brisk stroll aliong the wide promenade. Plenty of people around, but keeping tp Welsh Covid-19 rules wasn't a problem. I was surprised to see how much the large hotels put the promenade into shade at this time of the year. The shingle beach however was still in the Sun.
Cars were parked in all of the roads leading to the north shore and pretty well along the front wherever they could park, so businesses in Llandudno should be doing quite well, if all of these car owners spent a little of their cash.
I arrived back at the car early, so I decided such an enjoyable walk at the seaside should be celebrated with a pint of Lees at the Brit!
Birds seen or heard today included: Herring gull, Black headed gull, Oysteratcher, Eurasian curlew, Rook, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common blackbird, Red billed chough, European robin, Goldfinch, Pied wagtail and Common buzzard.
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