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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.

Saturday 24 March 2012

A Cemaes Bay Walk 24th March 2012

Young lambs in the woods at Wylfa.
An avenue of flowering Gorse.
On the coastal path West of Cemaes Bay.
The final stretch of the coastal path from Cemaes Bay to Porth Wen.
Walk stats: distance: 10.3 miles. Climb: 1265'.
Time: 5 hours 37 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Roger, Dave J and Mike D.
What a glorious day for walking this turned out to be, wall to wall blue skies, warm sunshine and occasionally a gentle breeze to cool us. This was more like a Summer day in terms of the temperature (must have been at least 20 Celsius at times) and the crystal clear sea below us looked so inviting to enter for a swim, but alas we didn't have time!
Walking along the coast is always good, but days like this there couldn't be a better place to be walking or even better gently strolling to take in the magnificent vista and all the wonders that nature had on offer.
we started off the walk around Wylfa Head with lots of new born lambs everywhere, and later on we saw three Whimbrel and a Grey seal. Later on we saw two pairs of Red-breasted merganser, and perhaps the surprise of the day was a flock of more that a hundred Meadow pipits. Lots of bumble bees were seen too, but whether they were Buff-tailed or White-tailed was debatable!
Birds seen or heard included: Chiffchaff, European robin, Blue tit, Common blackbird, Common buzzard, Carrion crow, Raven, Red-billed chough, Song thrush, Jackdaw, Meadow pipit, Stonechat, Common starling, Grey heron, Mallard, Red-breasted merganser, Great cormorant, Kestrel, Herring gull, Black-headed gull, Lesser black-backed gull, Great black-backed gull, Fulmar, Kittiwake, Oystercatcher, Winter wren, Dunnock, Pied wagtail, Goldfinch, Canada goose, Rock dove, Collared dove, House sparrow, Chaffinch and Black-billed magpie.
For a ten mile walk we were glad to get back to the car, get changed and appreciate Mike driving us to the Britannia Inn at Halkyn.  After enjoying our Lees bitter, we were fortunate to see that the A55 was congested and were able to divert our return route to go via Mold.
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