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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: 2-7 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 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Thursday 21 January 2010

Talacre to Prestatyn 21st January 2010.

Presthaven Sands from our lunch spot.
Lunch in the lee of the sand dunes! (1)
Lunch in the lee of the sand dunes. (2)
Lunch in the lee of the sand dunes! (3)
Lunch in the lee of the sand dunes. (4)


Isn't anyone enjoying themselves?

They're all running away, just when I wanted to take a photo of the group by the lighthouse!
Walk stats: Distance: 9.2 miles; Climb:100'.
Time:3 hours 59 minutes; On the move walking average:2.6 m.p.h.;Overall walk average:2.3 m.p.h.
Group:Martyn, Richard, Roger, Tim, Sylvia and Dave J., Annie H., Sue and Michel, Celia, Fran and Tito.
Good weather for walking, plenty of sunshine, even if the keen South easterly wind did encourage us to keep on the move. Walking in the dunes did afford us some protection on the outward journey.
This was an unusual walk for us , essentially a there and back walk, all in the pretext of a little birdwatching. We didn't even see the Shore lark that had been reported earlier in the week!
Lunch was taken, sheltering in the lee of the sand dunes. It isn't often that we can enjoy fruit cake as we take in a lovely sea vista! The cake was in honour of Sylvia's birthday last week.
Birds seen or heard today included:Black-headed gull, Herring gull, Common gull, Carrion crow, Black-billed magpie, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Shellduck, Mallard, Teal, Coot, Dunlin, Sanderling, Lesser black-backed gull, Greater black-backed gull,Pied wagtail, Starling, Feral pigeon, Knot, Turnstone and Cormorant.
As usual when in this area our after walk drinks were enjoyed at the Britannia Inn in Pentre Halkyn where the welcoming open fire was a rel treat on such a cold day. The Lees bitter was good too!



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