St. Mary's Church, Chirk.
A delightful on the way to Temple Wood.
The way to Temple Wood.
Emerging from the tunnel in Temple Wood.
The Temple ahead.
The Temple at Weston Rhyn.
The Temple at Quinta Hall, Weston Rhyn.
The replica stonehenge was built around 1830 / 1840 by Major West of nearby Quinta Hall.
At The Temple.
Fungi feeding dead wood.
Lesser celandine on roadside bank near Pont-faen.
Distant views of Chirk Castle.
Our lunch spot by the canal at Chirk Bank.
The riverside path, heading for the aqueduct the viaduct.
Two young lambs approach.
Lambs in the Ceiriog Valley.
The viaduct and aqueduct from the west.
Starting o clear up the fallen trees on the path leading to the grounds of Chirk Castle.
Daffodils and Chirk Castle.
A "dead" tree still standing after the Winter storms.
A roadside bank of Primroses.
Still a lot of work o b e done on the narrow gauge railway at Chirk Station.
A nice avenue of Daffodils in the park at Chirk.
Distance: 8.75 miles. Climb: 923’Time: 5 hours 5 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1. m.p.h.
Temperature: 8 Celsius at the start. 12.2 Celsius at lunch by the canal. Max 15 Celsius in the late morning sunshine near The Temple. Celsius at the end of the walk.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 2. In the main, hardly much wind at all, although at times it just about made a Gentle breeze.
Group: Martyn, Fran and Mike.
The weather forecast today was looking good, dry with hardly any wind and temperatures in double figures.
It was very noticeable that many trees had been blown down since Ed and I did the walk in August 2024. Both Temple Wood and Chirk Castle grounds were littered with several fallen trees.
Lunch was taken by the canal at Chirk Bank, where a convenient bench in the Sun, provided two of us with a good resting place before starting on the Chirk Castle part of the walk.
This was very varied walk, with the highlight being the young lambs seen in the field below the viaduct.
A few Spring flowers were out. These included Lesser celandine, Primrose, Greater periwinkle, Wood anemone and Daffodils.
Birds seen or heard today: House sparrow, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Common blackbird, Carrion crow, Rook, Chiffchaff, Blue tit, Coal tit, European robin, Black billed magpie, Common buzzard, Great tit, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Mallard and Wood nuthatch
Overall, a very enjoyable walk.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Pant-yr-Ochain at Gresford. Purple Moose’s Cwrw Eryri went down well as did Titanic Brewery’s Plum Porter. Fran enjoyed her pot of tea.
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