Inspecting the renovated Wallace's Grave stone.
Nigel climbs the biggest stile of the day.
Mike follows.
Heading for Park Mawr.
A sign for cat lovers.
On the woodland path heading towards the North Wales Pilgrims Way.
The first wait while I get knotted up!
St. Celynin's Church from the North Wales Pilgrims Way.
St. Celynin's Church.
Inside St. Celynin's Church.
The baptism font in St. Celynin's Church.
St Celynin's Church information board.
The healing well in the grounds of St. Celynin's Church.
A shy meadow pipit.
Looking towards Maen Penddu from our lunch spot.
Wild ponies seen from our lunch spot.
Lunch time above Maen Penddu.
The start of the final climb to the top of Tal y Fan.
The Tal y Fan ridge leading to the summit.
At the trig point on Tal y Fan.
View from the trig point on Tal y Fan.
View from the trig point on Tal y Fan.
A new sign seen on the stiles as we descended south from the Tal y Fan ridge.
Sun bathing again!
The Maen y Bard Neolithic burial chamber located next to the ancient road leading back to Rowen.
Walk stats: 7.2 miles. Climb: 2070’.Time: 6 hours 26 minutes. On the move walking average: 1.8 m.p.h. Overall Walk average: 1.2 m.p.h.
Temperature: 16.6 Celsius to 20.2 Celsius.
Beaufort Wind Force: Mainly 2. Light breeze. Max 3, just a 10.2 m.p.h. Gentle breeze as we descended from Tal y Fan
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Mike and Ed.
According to the MET, the forecast for today was going to be very windy and a feel-like temperature of 6 Celsius at 2000’. I believed it, and wore my Winter paramo gear. Arriving at St. Celynin’s Church, I changed into my shorts and carried my Paramo gear in my rucksack for the rest of the day. I left my sunhat in the car and had to improvise by using a knotted handkerchief to protect the top of my head!
I thought we were much slower than on 30th July 2016 when Ed joined us for the very first time. Then our “on the move walk” was only 1.7 m.p.h. We took nearly an hour longer this time, but we did have mitigating circumstances that gave most of the group time to bask in the Sun while they waited for me!
We changed the route slightly and approached St. Celynin’s Church along the North Wales Pilgrims Way and decided to go into the church.
The views in all directions were pretty good, and for much of the day we had clear blue skies.
Lunch was taken by the remains of a building above the quarry south of Maen Penddu. The summit was quite busy, so much so that we couldn’t take a team photo at the trig point.
Having descended the ridge from the summit, the best of the walk is over, and steep descent down road to Rowen is fast approaching.
Arriving back at the cars, we all knew we had had a good walk, especially for Ed as this would be his last walk with the group in the Welsh Hills before he heads to Scotland.
Birds seen or heard today were but included: Woodpigeon, House sparrow, Common buzzard, Black billed magpie Carrion crow, Barn swallow, House martin, Wood nuthatch, Raven, Red billed chough, Meadow pipit and Stonechat.
All that was needed now was to head to the Albion in Conwy, where Ed was sample Gunpowder Mild brewed by the Coach House Brewery. Purple Moose’s Snowdonia Ale was the beer that refreshed two of the group. Drive drank lemonade, knowing his sacrifice had made those not driving very happy.
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