At the start of the walk.
The War Memorial in the grounds of St. Stephen's Church, Bodfari.
The view from Coed y Lan towards the Clwydian Hills.
On the first climb of th day, heading towards Coed Moel-y-Gaer.
The view across the Vale of Clwyd from Coed Moel-y-Gaer.
Crossing the field towards Graig Tremeirchion.
The Great Orme just coming into view.
Moel y Parc from the highest point on the walk.
The view across the Vale of Clwyd from Sodom.
The Afon Wheeler.
Can't be far now, that's St. Stephen's Church we can see.
Nearly there, we can just about see the cars in the car park at the Dinorben Arms.
Walk stats: 5.9 miles. Climb: 991’.Time: 3 hours 33 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall Walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Temperature: 17.1 Celsius at the start, gradually increasing to 20.1 Celsius at the end.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 - 2. Calm to light air and briefly increasing to a welcome 5.5 m.p.h. Gentle breeze
Group: Martyn, Tony, Gavin, Peter and John for the walk, with Jim and Nigel joining us for the meal.
This walk was the first walk for many years that a few of the men from Waverton Evangelical Fellowship have been able to get together on a walk followed by a meal at a nearby hostelry.
The weather forecast wasn’t looking good, with >60% chance of light rain expected throughout the morning.
We arrived at the Dinorben Arm, just as the rain started, so waterproofs were needed, although I decided to use an umbrella instead.
At least it wasn’t cold or windy. In fact, it was rather humid at times, and little wind we occasionally had was always welcome.
After leaving the Dinorben Arms, or route took us through the grounds St. Stephen's church. Some us paused to look at the small war memorial, appropriate as today was “Armed Forces Day”.
After leaving the church the walk took us through Coed y Lan, where I needed a help in hand to get over one rocky section. Leaving Coed y Lan, we started the climb up to Coed Moel-y-Gaer. Usually, you get good views from Coed y Lan across the valley and beyond, but today we could only see just across the valley.
However later on, we did manage to make out the Great Orme and the Clocaenog windfarm as the clouds lifted slightly.
By now, the rain had stopped and waterproofs had been discarded, making it feel much better temperature wise.
Probably our clearest views came as we approached the highest part of the walk and started to descend down the road through Sodom.
Arriving at Bodfari, we had a decision to make. Do we take the short cut back to the Dinorben Arms or do we take planned route south of the Denbigh Road to Aberwheeler. In the end we all ended up completing the whole walk.
Arriving back at the start, we were able to join Jim and Nigel in the Dinorben Arms. Everyone seemed to enjoy their meals and some cases a starter or pudding as well.
I also enjoyed the Elderflower Ale brewed at the Purple Moose Brewery at Porthmadog.
Birds seen or heard today were few, but included: Woodpigeon, House sparrow, Winter, House Martin, Barn swallow, Common swift, European robin and Common blackbird.
Overall, an enjoyable outing to the Dinorben Arms for a walk and / or meal.
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