Rhos-on-Sea and Around The Little Orme and Bryn Euryn.
Rising tide at Llandudno.
Rising tide at Craig-y-Don and the Little Orme.
Grey seals at Angel Bay.
Penrhyn Bay from the quarry - with evidence that it is still raining!
Three Red breasted merganser (2 male, 1 female) on the sea in Penrhyn Bay.
Looking towards the Clwydians from Rhos-on-Sea.
Looking across the sheltered "harbour" at Rhos-on-Sea towards the Clwydian Hills.
The ruins of Llys Euryn, our lunch spot in the Sun.
Distance: 8.6 miles. Climb: 675'.
Time: 4 hours 3 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.6 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
A good day for walking, although the strong cool wind persuaded us to miss out the trig point on Little Orme Head and Bryn Euryn.
The first objective was a quick visit to Angel Bay to see the Grey seals, about 25 were seen on the beach, but the incoming tide had probably sent some to sea.
We didn't linger long as ths was the time it started to rain, which lasted for about 15 minutes, enough time to make Ed decide it was time to put his waterproof trousers on.
The second objective was to walk along the beach at Penrhyn Bay, which we managed to do just, as the fast incoming tide threatened to wash our boots.
It was on Penrhyn Bay that we spotted three Red breasted merganser bobbing up and down the wavwes just off shore.
At Rhos-on-Sea, we could see that the Clwydian Hills looked ass though they were getting a soaking, so we were happy with our choice of walk for today.
Lunch was taken in the ruins of Llys Euryn, and we were blessed with glorious sunshine throughout.
After lunch we took the path around Bryn Euryn in an antisclockwise diretion, and it wsn't long befoe we were descending to the road and the rugby club.
The rest of the walk involved a lot of road walking, but at least we could make good progress without needing to look whee we were putting our feet.
Birds seen or heard today included: Oystercatcher, Rook, Herring gull, Black headed gull, Eurasian curlew, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, House sparrow, Dunnock, Great cormorant, European robin, Turnstone, Common blackbird, Goldfinch, Black billed magpie and Red breasted merganser.
We arrived back at the cars just after 13-30, just before it the tide was at its highest, It had been a good walk, back any earlier and we would have been describing it an enjoyable morning stroll.
As usual, I enjoyed a pint of Lees Bitter at the Britannia Inn at Halkyn on the wa home.
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