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When? Started: 1993 Who? Started with staff and friends from U H S, Chester. Organiser: Martyn Harris We walk every Wednesday and Saturdays, New Years day and May Day. How many walk? Walks take place as long as there are at least 2 wanting to walk on that day. More walk on a Wednesday than on a Saturday. Most ever: 29. Current group size walking: 2-7 in mid-week and 2-4 on Saturday. Where do we walk? Saturday: Anywhere in North and Mid-Wales, Peak District, Shropshire and the Long Mynd and as far North as the Trough of Bowland. Thursday: Anywhere within about 40 miles of Chester. Type of walk: Distance: 6 – 14 miles (but usually under 10 miles). Climb: up to 4000’ (but usually very much less!). People involved on walks in 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Thursday, 28 May 2026

The Eglwyseg Escarpments and More from the Monument 27th 2026

The start of the climb on the path above Trevor Rocks.
Still climbing.
A good viewpoint above Trevor Rocks.
Fran's spotted a riverside caravan site, can you?
Dinas Bran in the distance?
A juvenile Stonechat.
Another Stonechat.
Impressive storm damage in the Eglwyseg Plantation.
Time for another discussion.
The Eglwyseg Valley and World's End from our lunch spot.
It must be time to leave our lunch spot.
In theory there is a Cuckoo singing, but only the singing Skylarks can be heard.
The Eglwyseg Escarpments ahead.
Looking back at the Eglwyseg Escarpments.
It looks like I am finding it hard work!
The hard way and the easy way.
The hard way.
The easy way.
Two tracks on the moors that need exploring.
Tormentil in flower on the moors. 
Heading toward Trevor Rocks.
Dinas Bran from Trevor Rocks.
At the start of the path above Trevor Rocks.

Distance: 9.4 miles. Climb: 1730'.
Time: 6 hours 20 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.0 m.p.h. Overall walking average: 1.5 m.p.h.
Temperature: 19.0 Celsius to 22.0 Celsius, although it felt much warmer than that towards the end.
Beaufort Wind Force: 2 - 4, mainly a very pleasant Light breeze, but it did gust to a 17.6 m.p.h. Moderate breeze (enough to blow hats off!).
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Fran and Mike.
The weather forecast looked too good, but rather on the hot side in the afternoon. This was enough for Fran to suggest an early start, so we set off an hour earlier than usual.
This meant that we at the Monument before 09-00 and at our lunch spot around 11-30. Lunch was taken from a spot that overlooked the Eglwyseg Valley and World's End.
Distant views were good, but somewhat hazy.
It was wall to wall blue skies all day and Sun hats and Sun cream were the order of the day.
This was a day when any cooling breeze was very welcome.
Birds seen or heard today. Included: Common blackbird, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Willow warbler, Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Meadow pipit, Common whitethroat and even a Cuckoo was heard calling from the Eglwyseg valley. Some of the group believed they had seen a Common buzzard.
Overall, a very enjoyable walk, celebrated with liquid refreshment at Sun Inn, Trevor. Magic Dragon (formerly Plessey) brewery’s IPA went down well.
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