"Where are the loos in Llansannan?"
"The're behind you!"
One of the easier stiles
In the words of the photographer "a dodgy bit of the walk."
The inviting ridge of Mynydd Tryfan, but not part of our walk today.
Fran's chosen lunch spot.
Crossing the footbridge over the Afon Aled.
That's one way of getting past a fallen tree!
This is how others did it.
The monument in Llansannan, erected in 1899 to commemorate five writers born in the area.
Distance: 8.6 miles. Climb: 1046.
Time: 4 hours 52 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Roger, Sue and Michel, Wendy, David S., Fran, Nigel and Mike.
The weather forecast suggested that it would be overcast, but only a 10% chance of rain. Thankfully this turned out to be true, although Fran did at one point put her umbrella up to keeper hair dry - no one else bothered to rush for waterproof.
This was a good and varied walk, providing us with some path finding challenges, a few climbes to set out hearts racing, particularly just after lunch and a good number of stiles that weren't in the best of condition! The worst bit, described by Nigel and others as "a dodgy bit of the walk", came when we had to walk in a stream to cross it and then climb steeply up the bank on the other side, One only erson slipped over, but others needed to use both hand and sticks to steady themselves. I decide that use of my third limb wa\s safer and sat down on the bank to drop down to the stream. Muttering from then on will probably mean that this footpath will never be used again by Harris Hikers!
Lunch was taken sitting on the barriers near Tan-y-fron, probably the best we could find today.
After lunch started with a steep climb up a grassy slope to Crinlle before we anticipated a downhill stroll back to Llansannan, at least that' what it looked like on the map. However we still had had one more tricky descent down to a footbridge made difficult because it quite steep and slippery becuse the made was wet.
Eventually we arrived back at Llansannan all feeling that they had been on a good strenous walk and looking foward to a good pint of Lees bitter at the Brtannia Inn at Halkyn.
The landlady gave a welcoming smile as she saw our car passing the front window on the way to the car park. The bitter did not disappoint.
Birds seen or heard today included: European robin, Grey Heron, Wood nuthatch, Common blackbird, Rook, Common pheasant, Common buzzard, Carrion crow, Jackdaw and Red kite (bird of the day).
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