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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.

Saturday, 11 July 2026

Another Stroll from Home to Shotton 11th July 2026

Wildflowers near Saltney Ferry Footbridge.
Looking towards Queensferry from Saltney Ferry Footbridge.
One crop ready for harvesting.
Rising tide after the bore had passed.
Looking across the river towards Moel Famau.
One crop ready to harvest and another(possibly potatoes) needs more time.
Looking across the river towards Hawarden Castle.
One crop in the process of being harvested.
A field of Maize, still needing to grow a little more before harvesting.
A steady stream of traffic over the Queensferry Road Bridge.
Not so much traffic crossing the old Queensferry Bridge
 (Swing Bridge  Blue Bridge).
Not many pedestrians or cyclists crossing Hawarden Bridge at the moment.
Hedge bindweed?
A Transport for Wales Train crossing Hawarden Bridge on the way to Wrexham.
The pedestrian way across Hawarden Bridge.
The wildflowers in the Alexandra Road Park, Shotton.
Fox sculpture in the Alexandra Road Park, Shotton.
Owl sculpture in the Alexandra Road Park, Shotton.
Distance: 5.7 miles.  Climb: 200'.
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes.  Overall walk average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Temperature: 20.2 Celsius at the start. 22.3 Celsius in the shade at the end of the walk. 27.5 Celsius in the Sun near Hawarden Bridge.
Beaufort Wind Force: Max 2, a 5 m.p.h. Light breeze.
Birds seen or heard today included: Lesser black back gull, Herring gull, Black headed gull, House sparrow, Greater whitethroat, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Barn swallow, Carrion crow, House martin, Lapwing, Grey heron, Little egret, Common kestrel, Winter wren, Common blackbird, Mallard, Great cormorant, Woodpigeon, Black billed magpie, Feral pigeon and Oystercatcher.
I left the house at 07-00, in order to finish my walk before the hottest part day. I arrived at the Central Hotel in Shotton, at 09-30 with temperature only a couple degrees or so higher than when I started. Plenty of people had decided to do the same, and even the cyclists seemed happy to take it easy, no-one doing time trials today!
The surprise of the day was seeing the tidal bore, so small and quiet, I nearly missed it!
It very noticeable that some crops had been harvested, others about to be and a couple needing a bit longer.
The wild flowers near Saltney Ferry Footbridge were nowhere near as good as they were a few weeks ago.  However, the wildflowers on Alexandra Road park were still pretty good.
Overall, a very pleasant stroll, worthy of celebrating with a breakfast and a cup of tea or two or even three!
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