Close to high tide on Pensarn Beach when we arrived at about 09-30.
High tide at Pensarn Beach.
Horses wanting to be getting friendly.
Moelfre Isaf in the distance.
The watchtower on Tower Hill, seen from the Moelfre Road.
Time: 5 hours 3 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h.
Overall walking average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: Around 14 Celsius throughout the walk, although it did feel warmer when sheltered from the wind.
Beaufort Wind Force: 3 at the start, a rather cool Moderate breeze on the coast and at lunch on the top of Moelfre Isa. Otherwise it was closer to BWF 2 - just a Light breeze.
Group: Martyn, Fran and Nigel.
This was another day when the forecast was. much worse than we experienced. Thankfully the forecast showers never materialised.
The main road from the centre of Abergele down to Pensarn beach was closed, so we were ended up using the road west of Pentre Mawr Park.
On the coast, it felt quite cool, so we all ended putting on an extra layer.
After crossing a new bridge over the Afon Gele, we entered a field grazed by several horses. One of the horses had a coat remining us of the spotty white Dalmatians, but Nigel pointed out that no horse is white, they are all classified as being Grey!
The field had lots of mushrooms, too much of a temptation for Fran, so we were delayed slightly as Fran rummaged in her rucksack for a bag in which to put them.
The route through Coed Abergele includes a series of what seems like never ending steps.
We eventually emerged out of the wood on Tower Hill with its well-preserved watchtower. We had good views from Tower Hill towards Moelfre Isaf – it looked an awful long way off.
We arrived at the recently repainted trig point on Moelfre Isaf a lunch time, and it was here that we decided to have lunch. We attempted to avoid the worse of the wind, by hunkering down in a small hollow on the west of the trig point.
The views from our lunch spot were great in all direction. We could make out some of the mountains of Snowdonia, some of the hills in the Clwydians (including Mel Famau) and the Abergele off-shore wind farms.
At lunch, we were entertained briefly by a Common kestrel hunting over the field below us.
After lunch, it should have been a pleasant gentle stroll, mainly downhill back to the start, but we did have a couple of awkward stiles to negotiate. One in particular, required two of us to hold it up, while the other carefully climbed over it.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common blackbird, Black billed magpie, Carrion crow, Common buzzard, Common kestrel and Raven.
We arrived back at the car, having had an excellent, varied and enjoyable walk. Alas, it was already 15-30, so this was too late to call in at the Blue Bell for a pint of Lees on the way home!
However, I did enjoy a bottle of Conwy Brewery’s Golden Gate as I cleaned the bottom of my boots – you do your best to avoid sheep droppings, but when you get home, you realise s usual you haven’t done very well!
Overall walking average: 1.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: Around 14 Celsius throughout the walk, although it did feel warmer when sheltered from the wind.
Beaufort Wind Force: 3 at the start, a rather cool Moderate breeze on the coast and at lunch on the top of Moelfre Isa. Otherwise it was closer to BWF 2 - just a Light breeze.
Group: Martyn, Fran and Nigel.
This was another day when the forecast was. much worse than we experienced. Thankfully the forecast showers never materialised.
The main road from the centre of Abergele down to Pensarn beach was closed, so we were ended up using the road west of Pentre Mawr Park.
On the coast, it felt quite cool, so we all ended putting on an extra layer.
After crossing a new bridge over the Afon Gele, we entered a field grazed by several horses. One of the horses had a coat remining us of the spotty white Dalmatians, but Nigel pointed out that no horse is white, they are all classified as being Grey!
The field had lots of mushrooms, too much of a temptation for Fran, so we were delayed slightly as Fran rummaged in her rucksack for a bag in which to put them.
The route through Coed Abergele includes a series of what seems like never ending steps.
We eventually emerged out of the wood on Tower Hill with its well-preserved watchtower. We had good views from Tower Hill towards Moelfre Isaf – it looked an awful long way off.
We arrived at the recently repainted trig point on Moelfre Isaf a lunch time, and it was here that we decided to have lunch. We attempted to avoid the worse of the wind, by hunkering down in a small hollow on the west of the trig point.
The views from our lunch spot were great in all direction. We could make out some of the mountains of Snowdonia, some of the hills in the Clwydians (including Mel Famau) and the Abergele off-shore wind farms.
At lunch, we were entertained briefly by a Common kestrel hunting over the field below us.
After lunch, it should have been a pleasant gentle stroll, mainly downhill back to the start, but we did have a couple of awkward stiles to negotiate. One in particular, required two of us to hold it up, while the other carefully climbed over it.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common blackbird, Black billed magpie, Carrion crow, Common buzzard, Common kestrel and Raven.
We arrived back at the car, having had an excellent, varied and enjoyable walk. Alas, it was already 15-30, so this was too late to call in at the Blue Bell for a pint of Lees on the way home!
However, I did enjoy a bottle of Conwy Brewery’s Golden Gate as I cleaned the bottom of my boots – you do your best to avoid sheep droppings, but when you get home, you realise s usual you haven’t done very well!
