Moel y Gaer, but not on our route today.
The Clwydian Hills, but I can't see Moel Famau!
Are they sheep or cattle?
Just very small cattle!
On route towards Ram Wood.
The Gwysaney Hall Sycamore.
Gwysaney Hall.
Or lunch spot.
The path to Northop from our lunch spot.
I've had better views from my lunch spot!
Saint Eugain's and Saint Peter's Church, Northop.
Looking back towards Saint Eugain's and Saint Peter's Church, Northop.
A good view before hitting the road back to Rhosesmor.
Autumnal colours in Coed Cefn.
A close up of the Autumnal colours in Coed Cefn,
Walk stats: 8.9 miles. Climb: 902’,Time: 5 hours 7 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h. Overall Walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Temperature: 11.5 Celsius to 12.5 Celsius
Beaufort Wind Force: Mainly 0-1. Mainly Calm, but occasionally just about a Light air.
Group: Martyn, Fran and Nigel.
The weather forecast indicated that there was little chance of rain, winds around 8 m.p.h., but some Sunshine.
This was pretty accurate, although we see brief see more spells of sunshine than on suggested on the forecasts.
It did feel quite cool as we set off from Rhosesmor, but it wasn’t long before I felt my Paramo jacket was the right choice.
Leaving Rhosesmor we took the path heading near to Cefn-eugain. This was a mistake as several stiles on this route were broken and not so easy to get over (at least not for me!). In future, when we do this walk, we will use the alternative path following the Wat’s Dyke Way.
We also had problems finding the path through the wood on the way to Ram Wood. We eventually found the stile we needed to escape and continue on the planned route, but we never made it to Ram Wood!.
We also missed out Big Wood by taking the path on the south west side of Gwysaney Hall. It meant a little more road walking, but did miss out the notorious boggy section through Big Wood.
Lunch was taken on the path heading towards North, south east of Soughton Hall (hotel).
Fruit cake was again provided, and this time there was even more evidence of cherries in the pieces of cake on offer.
Distant views weren’t that clear, although the mast on Moel y Parc was easy to see, we never saw the top of Moel Famau.
Birds seen or heard included: Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Rook, European robin, Common blackbird and Woodpigeon
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Britannia Inna t Halyn, where the Lees Bitter went down well as did the welcoming wood burning stove next to where we sat.
Sarah has done a good job in bringing the Brit back to life. The menu looked pretty good too.
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