Looking south over the Vale of Clwyd from the path west of Boncyn Foel-bach car park.
Exploring the path into Clocaenog Forest.
Forest track prepared for heavy vehicles!
Getting round one of the fallen trees.
That's one fallen tree negotiated, many more to follow!
The first welcoming party.
Derwen Fisheries ahead.
Waiting for "chatter boxes"!
The new community orchard opposite the chapel in Melin-y-Wig.
Our lunch spot by the Afon Clwyd.
The rest of the roup at our lunch spot by the Afon Clwyd.
St. Mary's Church, Derwen.
Inside St. Mary's Church, Derwen.
He doesn't look ready to preach!
At Ffynnon Sarah.
Our second encounter of the bovine kind.
Final views of the Clwydian Hills.
Walk Stats:Distance: 8.3 miles. Climb: 1076’
Time: 4 hours 53 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Temperature: Around 17.1 Celsius for most of the walk..
Beaufort Wind Force: Max 3. A 10.2 m.p.h. Gentle breeze.
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel, Nigel, Fran and Ed.
The weather forecast today was looking OK, largely cloudy with the chance of light showers.
In fact, it was much better than that, a little dampness in the air from time to time, but never enough to warrant putting on waterproofs or using an umbrella.
In order to avoid walking along the main road, we took a loop through the Clocaenog Forest and one I will do again if I do the walk in the future.
Once more we had problems going through the forest south east of Glan-y-gors farm. It starts off way and becomes almost impossible to follow through tangled maze of fallen trees that seem to block you in every direction.
Once we had escaped from the forest we were welcomed by a herd of young cows, but they soon dispersed as we approached.
Walking along the road to Melin-y-Wig we had good views to the west.
Walking next to the Afon Clwyd is always delightful, although it is getting close to collapsing into the river in places.
Lunch was taken next to the Afon Clwyd, where fallen trees provided suitable perching places.
Not my choice of a lunch spot as I was attacked by Horse flies, but thankfully after a few minutes the departed.
Arriving at Derwen, St. Mary’s Church was open, so we took a look inside. It’s a shame that this is no longer in use as “God’s House”.
Once more we found the area around the stile so overgrown that we had to use the nearby gate which is also not easy to use.
Disinfectant foot baths were still in use as we approached the “chicken farm” to Braich.
At Braich we had to go through a field with lots of calves, their mothers and presumably their father in attendance. Thankfully we were able to escape into the adjacent field before getting too close, although they did start to approach us.
Overall, an enjoyable walk, with the after-walk drinks to look forward to. We ended up at the Glasfryn after finding the Druids Inn at Llanferres closed. Purple Moos’s Cwrw Eryri was the beer of choice.
Birds seen or heard today: Carrion crow, Jackdaw, House sparrow, Dunnock,
European robin, Common blackbird, Chiffchaff, Winter wren, Woodpigeon, Common buzzard Wood nuthatch, Canada goose and Grey heron.
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