Battling through the vegetation on the way to The Gop.
First views of Moel Famau and Moel y Parc.
The Gop.
Climbing The Gop.
Waiting on the top of The Gop.
Moel Famau and Moel y Parc.
Views towards Yr Eryri.
Descending The Gop.
The cave on Gop Hill.
Rounding up sheep.
More rounding up sheep.
Remains of the dovecot.
What made these tracks - a squirrel?
Inside St. Mary Magdalen's Church, Gwaenysgor.
St. Mary Magdalen's Church, Gwaenysgor.
Hilbre Island in the distance.
Liverpool on the horizon.
Trelawnyd ahead.
How did we get through that?
Walk Stats:Distance: 7.7 miles. Climb: 1342’
Time: 5 hours 32minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.4 m.p.h.
Temperature: 17.1 Celsius to 21.6 Celsius, although it felt much warmer than that at times.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 -1 Mainly calm with occasionally a refreshing brief light air “wind”
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Sue and Michel.
The weather forecast today was looking good, warm, dry with very little wind. We probably had more sunshine than we were expecting and at times it felt very humid. Cloud cover after lunch was a blessing.
Only one car needed today, so we arrived at Trelawnyd to find plenty of spaces in the car park, we made a decision to switch he start from Llanasa to Trelawnyd. This meant we were walking well before 10-00.
The first objective was to head up the road to The Gop. The path through the wood was rather overground and care was needed to avoid being nettled or attacked by brambles.
After The Gop, we headed for the cave, although we didn’t attempt to go in. Instead, we continued to contour round Gop Hill only to be presented with the challenge to get through the Gorse Maize. We failed! The only escape was to retrace are steps and descend to the official path leading to the Dovecot. As we descended, we watched a farmer rounding up his sheep with two pretty quick sheepdogs.
We arrived at Gwaenysgor far too early for lunch, but instead stopped for drinks or visit St. Mary Magdalen’s church.
Leaving Gwaenysgor, we joined the Offa’s Dyke Pathas it contoured above Prestatyn Hillside Nature Reserve. Lunch was taken at what we thought was probably a Victorian terraced garden that had views over Prestatyn towards the coast. Thankfully we were able to take advantage of two benches in the shade while we had our lunches. It was so pleasant we lingered much longer than usual.
After lunch came the biggest climb of the day as we headed up the hillside past St Elmo’s Summer House on the way to Llanasa.
The last challenge of the day came less than half a mile from Trelawnyd where we came across a broken stile with barbed wire firmly barring the way. We did eventually manage to get under the barbed wire and continue on our way.
Birds seen or heard today: Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Black billed magpie, Herring gull, Common buzzard and Barn swallow.
Overall, an enjoyable walk that felt much longer than the 7.7 miles recorded on the GPS.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Crown Inn in Trelawnyd, where Timothy Taylor’s Landlord went down well.
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