Looking towards the Horseshoe Falls from the Llantysilio Green Car Park.
The new flagged path to Llantysilio Church.
Llantysilio Church, but will he be any Snowdrops in flower!
Snowdrops yes, but not at their best.
Snowdrops looking a little better when you get closer.
More Snowdrops trying hard to put on a display.
Snowdrops at the back of Llantysilio Church.
Fallen tree trapped on the Horseshoe Falls.
More trapped trees on the rim of the Horseshoe Falls.
Vegetation waving in the in the flowing waters of the Llangollen canal.
More waving vegetation in the Llangollen Canal.
On the canal towpath.
A Brunning and Price, but not our chosen choice for after walk refreshments today!
Anything to do with you, Mike?
The view of Dinas Bran from the lower path crossing the western slopes.
The Chain Bridge from the path leading to our lunch spot.
A tree with lots of catkins, another sign that Spring is here.
A close up of the catkins, just in case they weren't clear enough on the previous photo.
Valle Crucis Abbey from our lunch spot.
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On the way from the Britannia Inn to Llydiart Annie.
Atmospheric views towards the Berwyns.
A single Primrose in flower.
Llantysilio Hall.
Back at Llantysilio Church.
Distance: 7.8 miles (8.7 miles). Climb: 1284’ (1684’).Time: 5 hours 7 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 5.2 Celsius at the Llantysilio Church. 7.6 Celsius at lunch time.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 1 - No more than Light air as we descended towards Llidiart Annie.
Group: Martyn, Mike, Fran and Nigel.
The weather was rather overcast, and distant views were never clear. It felt quite cool, particularly when it threatened to rain briefly.
Starting from the Llantysilio Green car park, much of the path has now been flagged, a great improvement from the muddy path of earlier years.
We explored the grounds of Llantysilio Church, hoping to find Snowdrops in heir full glory. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t good enough to make the flowers open up. A bonus today was to go into Llantysilio Church.
The stretch along the canal can be bit uninspiring, but at least today, plenty of birds could heard singing.
Mike and Nigel decided to visit Dinas Bran while the rest of us headed for the planned lunch spot with its seats and picnic bench overlooking Valle Crucis Abbey.
Mike and Nigel joined us at the lunch spot 25 minutes later than the advance party.
After lunch we headed towards Birch Cottage, where we were delighted to see that a new hand rail installed, the steps repaired and even better the awkward stile had been replaced with a new gate.
The final climb from the Britannia Inn to reach the Llydiart Annie Path, gave us rather atmospheric views towards the Berwyns.
Birds seen or heard today: House sparrow, Dunnock, Black headed gull, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Common blackbird, Common starling, Carrion crow, Woodpigeon, Blue tit, Common chaffinch, European robin, Black billed magpie, Great tit, Mallard, Eurasian jay, Coal tit and Common buzzard.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Sun Inn at Trevor, where Purple Moose’s Madog and Magic Dragon’s Green One went down well as we sat by the open fire.
As always this was very enjoyable walk, despite the Snowdrops not being quite at their best, but who can blame them when there was very little warmth from the Sun getting through the clouds.
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