The parting of the ways.
A Badger sheep in a field next to my route to the Little Orme Quarry.
"Can I get under that?"
"Yes, but only on my hands and knees!"
A different view of the disused quarry rock faces.
"I'm glad I climbed up to the higher path!"
A nice you notice, but not everyone takes believes it!
Looking towards Trwyn y Fuwch on the way to Porth Dyniewaid.
The tramway that I was glad to miss out by going round the Little Orme.
The Grey seals on beached at Porth Dyniewaid.
The Grey seals on beached at Porth Dyniewaid.
A different view of the Grey seal.
The Grey seals of Porth Dyniewaid.
At the trig point on Little Orme Head.
Here they down the last section of the tramway.
The view towards Penrhyn Bay and Rhos-on-Sea.
Just one Grey seal swimming in Porth Dyniewaid.
Crossing the sands in Penrhyn Bay.
Crossing Penrhyn Bay beach.
A Great black backed gull in Penrhyn Bay.
Visiting St. Trillo's Chapel.
Inside St. Trillo's Chapel.
Inside St. Trillo's Chapel.
The breakwater between Rhos Point and the slipway at Rhos-on-Sea.
An Oystercatcher and Grey heron at Rhos-on-Sea.
The donkeys at Penrhyn-side have come out to graze.
Distance: 7.5 miles. Climb: 505 (776).’Time: 4 hours 54 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.6 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Temperature: 3.9 Celsius to 6.6 Celsius.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 - Mainly Calm, but occasionally we just about felt something (Light air.
Group: Martyn, Fran, Nigel and Mike.
It was below freezing when we left Chester, so it was a pleasant surprise to find it was 3.9 Celsius when we arrived at Craig-y-Don at the start of the walk. No noticeable wind, this made for a very pleasant walk.
Still suffering from a lingering cough / cold., I decided to miss out the climb to the trig point on the Little Orme and take the easier route around the east side of the hill, meeting up again at Porth Dyniewaid (Angle Bay).
It worked out well, and arrived at the rendezvous point about 20 minutes earlier, plenty of time for me to take a few photos of the Grey seals (the main objective of thewalk today.
It was just after low tide, so we were able to walk along the sandy beach section for most of the way to Penrhyn Bay.
Lunch was taken next to the smallest church in the British Isles (St., Trillo’s Chapel, Rhos-on-Sea).
After lunch we headed for Rhos-on-Sea, just past Rhos Point, hoping that the PCs would be open. They were, and must have been recently refurbished and well maintained. Thank you, Rhos-on-Sea Council, for keeping your public toilets open for the benefit of the people, especially visitors like us.
We took the easy option back to the car, along the Rhos-on-Sea to Llandudno road.
Birds seen or heard today: House sparrow, Dunnock, Jackdaw, Common blackbird, Common buzzard, Grey heron, Pied wagtail, Oystercatcher, Eurasian curlew, Herring gull, Black headed gull, Great cormorant, Black headed gull, Common starling, Collared dove, Great black backed gull, Reed bunting and Carion crow.
I noticed that I had a flat tyre, and had to call out the Road Rescue Service to change a tyre for me. Thankfully they arrived quickly, and I was still home by 17-00.
Two new front tyres fitted today (9th January).
I believe the Upton Group called in at Rake Hall, Stanney for liquid refreshments.
