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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 16 May 2008

Coed Pen y Gelli and the Gorsedd Round 15th May 2008

The watch tower in Coed y Garrog.
Blue bells
Walking through the Blue bells.
One of the foals

Walk stats: 12.9 miles; Climb: 1151'.
Time:5 hours 20 minutes; Walking average:2.7 m.p.h.; Overall walk average:2.1 m.p.h.
Group:Martyn, Richard, Celia, Fran, Dave J., and Annie H.
After the walk we all said that our legs knew that they had been on a good walk. Having checked the bit that was missing when the GPS was switched off for a while, this added an extra 1.5 miles to the total recorded. It didn't add too much to the climb because it was virtually all down hill.
The weather was very pleasant, warm, sunny and with bright blue skies and occasionally a gentle refreshing breeze. This was the Blue bell walk. They were a little sad and seemed to be lacking a water in the first wood, but in the second wood they looked a little more lively. This was certainly a day for flowers, the hedgerows were adorned with flowers everywhere we looked. We could appreciate their beauty even if we couldn't identify them!
During the walk we had excellent views of a Fox, but the best was left till near the end of the walk when one field had two very young foals in it.
Birds seen or heard today included: Blue tit, Great tit, Greenfinch, Yellowhammer, Robin, Wren, Blackbird, Starling, House sparrow, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Rook, Buzzard, Skylark, Chaffinch,Pied wagtail, Swallow, Swift, House martin, Greylag goose and possibly a Garden warbler.
A much needed pint of J.W.Lees bitter was enjoyed by at the Britannia Inn at Pentre Halkyn.

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