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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: 2-10 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 2020:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage, Wendy Peers, Celia de Mengle, Wendy and Ian Peers, Roger Smith, Paul Collinson, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Celia de Mengle, Sue Pearson.

Friday 27 April 2007

Llanfair Talhaiarn

Date: 26th April 2007

On the summit of Moel Unben




The view of snowdonia from Moel Unben


Walk stats:
Distance: 10.2 miles; Climb: 2054'; Time: 5 hours 13 minutes; Walking average: 2.4 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Richard, Michel, Gordon, Fran, Tito, Celia, Dave and Sylvia J.
This was a a walk that was probably a walk that offered much more than expected, starting in the the picturesque village of Llanfair Talhaiarn., little Switzerland in North Wales. the weather was perfect, sunny with very little wind. the extension to the summit of Moel Unben gave us the views of the day. Almost every peak in Snowdonia could be identified. what a glorious sight. Route finding was a challenge, and when mistakes were made towards the end we could have easily retraces our steps to get back on track, but the sight of the car park ahead resulted in us taking a route that perhaps would not have been mine chosen one!
Spring flowers were in abundance and it seems that Bluebells are blooming ahead od schedule. Birds observed or heard include: Swallow, Greenfinch, Buzzard, Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Gold Finch, Dipper as well as the more comon birds like Chaffinch, Robin and Starling.
An excellent pint of J.W. Lees Bitter made an end to a perfect day!
This is a walk that must be repeated in the future (Although we my try to go up Mynydd Bodran first).
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