The gatehouse to Hafodunos Hall still undergoing restoration, but Christmas lights showing through the windows.
A waterfall on the stream in the grounds of Hafodunos Hall.
Autumnal sounds as we walked throgh the leaves on the path in the grounds of Hafodunos Hall.
Not the safest bridge to cross.
Impressive cloud formation in the skies as we approached Pen-y-bryn and the Afon Elwy.
A much safer bridge to cross.
Pont Faen needing support and undergoing repairs.
"Can I come with you?"
At last - the final approach to Llangernwy.
Distance: 10.1 miles. Climb: 1493'.
Time: 6 hours 3 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Temperature: Max 17.2 Celsius. Min14.6 Celsius.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 - 2. Mainly calm, occasionally increasing bto light air.
A good walk, especially in the morning when it was bright, warm and sunny. We had to re-rout part of the walk when Pont Faen was closed completely as it was undergoing major repairs.
Lunch was taken near Glan-Elwy Cottages, where we were able on sit on an embankment as we basked in sunshine over lunch.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common blackbird, House sparrow, Herrin gull, Raven, Common buzzard, Wood nuthatch, Common starling, Woodpigeon, Common chaffinch, Blue tit, Great tit, Carrion crow and Jackdaw.
The walk in the after lunch when we tried to follow a path near the Afon Gell, is one I will never repeat, angerous in places and overgrown (I have the scratches on my legs and my arms to testify to it) and we ended up escaping from the valley and taking a much safer path.
We arrived back at the car just as it started to rain, so we definitely had the best of the weather for our walk. After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Britannia Inn at Halkyn after we discovered that the Blue Bell was closed for some reason.
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