First view of Moel Famau as we crossed the field to Llanbedr DC/
The entrance to St. Peter's Church, Llanbedr DC.
The harvest festival display in the entrance to the church.
Inside St. Peter's Church, Llanbedr DC.
Enjoying a coffee.
Owl carving in a garden in Llanbedr DC.
Remains of the medieval church of St. Peter.
At the medieval church of St. Peter.
At the medieval church of St. Peter.
Heading for Coed Ceunant.
Heading for Coed Ceunant.
The path through Coed Ceunant.
Another delightful path through Coed Ceunant,
The gateway to the Moel Famau Country Park.
A fallen tree rests on the drystone wall.
Our path descended through high bracken.
A new gate near Fron-bellaf.
View from our lunch spot above Fron Ganol.
A Parasol mushroom near Fron Ganol.
The completed part of the mill near the Afon Clwyd
View across the Afon Clwyd towards the Clwydian Hills.
Not much water flowing over these steps / fisher laddes today.
It would have been nice to see at least one of these today, but alas we didn't see any!
Distance: 7.6 miles. Climb: 925’.Time: 4 hours 4 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Overall walking average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: Around 18 Celsius throughout the walk.
Beaufort Wind Force: 1-2. Mainly no more than Light air
Group: Martyn and Fran.
Another good day for walking, largely sunny in the morning, but clouding over during the afternoon. Nevertheless, it was pleasantly warm all day.
The first part of the walk took us round the back of Ruthin School past all of the impressive new buildings, sadly no longer used as a school.
Crossing the fields to Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd, some of the stiles had been replaced with kissing-gates, and a new footbridge had been installed, always appreciated by us pensioners!
St. Peter’s Church at Llanbedr DC was open, so naturally we went in. Fran noticed that there was a coffee machine there, and decided it was a good time for a coffee. She paid by card, but nearly paid £350 for it, rather than £3-50 that she wanted to!
Once again, we visited the medieval church of St. Peter, not far from Llanbedr Hall, before heading for Coed Ceunant.
Lunch was taken on the slopes of Moel y Gaer, with views of Fron Ganol below us.
After lunch, our route was almost a direct line the Afon Clwyd, passing some impressive new houses on the way.
Although the path back to Ruthin takes us next to river, views of the river were largely blocked by overgrown vegetation.
The river was very low, but still enough for some young cows to enjoy running through it.
Birds seen or heard today included: House sparrow, Common blackbird, Common starling, Common pheasant, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Raven and Black billed magpie.
Overall, a very enjoyable walk.
After walk refreshments were enjoyed at the Ruthin Castle Hotel (Wetherspoon),
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