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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 4 May 2007

The Bluebell Wood Walk


Date: 3rd May 2007



Coed Allt-y-tywod (The Bluebell Wood)



Walk stats:
Distance: 9.4 miles; Climb: 835'; Time: 4 hours 30 minutes; walking average: 2.5 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Celia, Gordon, Michel and Richard.
This was a walk that displayed Bluebells in their full glory, particularly in Coed allt-y-tywod, the first of the three woods on this walk. We did well to visit the woods a couple of weeks earlier than usual to catch the Bluebells at their best. Other flowers of note were the Early Purple Orchid, again in the same location they were last year. The shock of the day was the forest devastation around the Watch Tower. This now exposed location of the tower should have given us the views for which the tower was built. Alas the sunny hazy conditions meant that distant views were unclear and left much to the imagination, giving us an excuse to revisit the place in the future. On route several birds were heard or seen including Greenfinch, Buzzard, Grey heron, Mallard, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Blackbird, Carrion crow, Rook, Robin, Song thrush, Dunnock, House sparrow, Swallow, Jackdaw, Moorhen, but he star birds of the day were two House martins skimming the edge of a pond for mud. Rabbits were in abundance and one Brown hare was seen. Two Badger latrines were encountered on paths. Overall this was a very pleasant walk, even the locals encountered were helpful!

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