Wepre Brook, north of Ewloe Castle.
Ewloe Castle.
Looking north over Connah's Quay towards the Dee Estuary.
Our lunch spot at the Northop Hall Memorial Garden.
Part of the delightful path through Broadoak Wood.
The Rosie, a fishing lake in the grounds of Wepre Park.
Walk Stats:
Distance: 8.3 milles. Climb: 722'.
Time: 4 hour 20 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Min temperature - 20.2 Celsius as we walked through Wepre Park.
Temperature at lunch - 4.4 Celsius.
Max temperature - 25.2 Celsius at the end of the walk in bright sunshine.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 - 1. Mainly calm and the briefly just after lunch light air when we were hoping it would turn into a light breeze.
Group: Martyn and Roger.
We arrived sat Wepre Park, surprised to find the car park pretty full, but we later found out there was a "Park Run" already in play and a football match due to start around 10-00.
It felt pretty humid throughout the walk, and even when it tried to rain as we left Ewloe Castle, it didn't feel any better.
The worst section of the walk was around Aston Hill Farm, where we managed to get round a floode sectio of the path, but then had to negotiate an overgrown section as the path went through waiste high grass and nettles (that left their mark on any bare skin on legs and arms that they managed to touch.
Another surprise toay was to ind the Boars Head at Ewloe was no more and in its place a brand new modern block of apartments.
After leaving Ewloe Green, we were expecting a stroll along a quitet country lane, but not to be as Green Lane and Magazine Lane were used by club runners and cyclists.
We arrived at our lunch spot just after 12-00 and had an enjoyable half an hour sitting on the benches provided as we had lunch.
As we entered Coed Pentre Mochyn and set of the path through Broadoak Wood, we were warned about a footbridge that had collapsed in a storm earlier in the year and was about to be replaced.
Thankfully were able to get round the problem spot and continue on our route as planned.
We arrived back a the car, probably at the hottest part of the day, but it was good to see so many young people and young families taking advantage of the wonderful facilityies that Wepre Park offers.
Birds seen or heard today included: Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Wood nuthatch, House sparrow, Black billed magpie, Eurasian jay, Moorhen and Mallard.
Overall an enjoyable walk, needing to be celebrated with a refreshing pint at the Bridge Inn at Sandycroft. Alas the Bridge Inn didn't open until 15-00 and it was still only 14-15!
another day whe I would have to enjoy a glass of Merlot as I update the blog!
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