A view across the estuary.
The first real climb of the day.
At the watch tower.
I'm the king of the castle!
Walk stats: Distance: 13 miles; Climb: 1900'.
Time: 6 hours; Walking average 2.6 m.p.h.; Overall walk average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Richard, Celia, Fran and Tito, Sylvia and Dave J.
This walk was not the one we had originally planned. The planned walk was in the Conwy Valley starting from Llanrwst, but the rainfall over the last few days meant that once again Llanrwst was flooded. Last minute changes meant that the walk was switched to include the Great Orme and Deganwy Castle.
At the start of the walk Tito presented Martyn and Richard with their (I've spotted a Cattle Egret 2008" badges, and then we set off). This is a glorious walk, and the weather on this occasion was really good, sunny for most of the day with a cool wind experienced at times. We deviated from the described walk to include the section around the training area for the second world war. This was also a section where the wild goats frequent, and about twenty were there today. A fairly long road walking section along Marine Drive allowed us to look up towards the cliffs and down towards the sea for the variety of birds that are around at this time. The section on the top of the Great Orme is always superb with good views, especially across the Conwy Estuary towards Snowdonia.
Lunch was taken in sheltered sunny spot just below the Great Orme station, where the last of Martyn's 2007 fruit cake was devoured.
The second of the walks to the watch tower and Deganwy Castle and back along the Conwy estuary beach was a pleasant surprise to those that had not done this walk before. The views from the little hill. site of Deganwy Castle made this excursion memorable. Fran provided an excellent piece of Simmnel cake for afternoon tea at this location.
Birds seen or heard today included: Oystercatcher, Curlew, Mute swan, Herring gull, Jackdaw, Fulmar, Lesser black-backed gull, Stonechat, Chough (Celia heard on calling), Meadow pipit, Ringed plover, Grey wagtail, Pied wagtail, Wren, Robin, Raven, Rook, Blue tit, Great tit, Carrion crow and Kestrel.
At the end of the walk Sylvia was presented with a birthday card from the group, a day early, but she can use her bus pass from from tomorrow.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Britannia Inn at Pentre Halkyn.
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