View of Tal-y-Fan from a happy bush.
Distance: 9.4 miles. Climb: 1500'..Time: 6 hours 28 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.0 mm.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.5 m.p.h. (Slower than usual, but much use of secateurs and hand saw was needed to allw us passage on some sections of the route).
Temperature: Start - 22.1 Celcius. Max 25.6 Celsius.
Beaufort wind force: 0 - 2. Calm to light breeze but the latter wasn't experienced enough!
Group: Martyn and Mike.
We set off from Chester in order to get an early start when the temperature as still not too hot.
This was a good decision, and most of the walk was completed without being in the blazing sunshine, although we did still need to keep our sunhats on.
We had three main challenges today, paths through Barley fields, head high bracken and an apparently diverted path that ended with us hacking our way through gorse and ending with us going through someone's garden!
Lnch was taken at Llanbedr-y-Cennin where we were able to take advantage of a bench est the church.
Apart from that, this was a very enjoyable and varied walk, to be reeated, but with slight variations on the short cuts!
Birds seen and heard today included: House sparrow, House martin, Common swift, Barn swallow, Common buzzard, Goldfinch, Mistle thrush, Goldfinch, Wood nuthatch, Common blackbird, Jackdaw, Ped watail, Guineafowl, Raven and Mute swan.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Blue Bell, Halkyn, where the Lees Bitter was in superb condition.
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