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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 30 October 2009

Clywedog Reservoir and Foel Uchaf 29th October 2009

On the lovely woodland path alongside Afon Clywedog.
Do we go up there? No Tim, it just a Buzzard!

Yet more "Star Jelly - on a bench on the path down to the Clywedog Reservoir.
On the summit of Bryn Ocyn - photo taken by Richard.
Walk stats: Distance:11.4 miles; Climb:1532'.
Time:5 hours 19 minutes; On the move walking average:2.7 m.p.h.; Overall walk average:2.1 m.p.h.
Group:Martyn, Richard, Roger, Tito, Annie H, Mike D., Sue and Michel, Sylvia and Dave J., Tim and Carol.
Another good day for walking, a little too warm at times, but no more than a few spots of rain that last for about a couple of minutes as we waited for the "naughty boys" to get back on track. The woodland path along the Afon Clywedog is delightful in every sense of the walk, in contrast to the forestry tracks that are flanked on both sides by a desolate waste left by the remains of the felled trees. Lunch as usual was taken at the Reservoir where we saw a fisherman leaving with a couple of good sized Trout. It was at the Reservoir where we spotted yet more "Star jelly", for the first time found on a bench rather than on the ground. birds seen or heard today included:Dipper, Raven ( the birds of the day with so many birds showing off their aerial display), Fieldfare, Chaffinch, Wren, Carrion crow, Buzzard, Robin, Blackbird, Black-billed magpie and Pheasant.
After walk drinks, despite the high prices, were enjoyed at the Glasfryn where Cwrw Eryri was the beer of the day.

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