We feel fortunate to have such a wide variety of footpaths and walks on our doorstep, so easily accessible for our Wirral and North Wales based walkers. Throughout the year, our group enjoy every changing mood that each season brings to the countryside, as shown below in this section. 

August Review

This month saw our A group of walkers head to Rhosllanerchrugog, the Clywedog Valley, Vivod Mountain, and World’s End - between Llangollen and Coedpoeth. It has been a good growing year for ferns – as many farmers have attested - and on a couple of these walks we were quite fern-challenged!

B walks included trips to Dyserth and Offa’s Dyke, along the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Llanferres, and Great Budworth to the Anderton Boat Lift, whilst Those That Lunch (TTL) had Claremont Farm, the river path at Rock Park, Tatton Hall Village, and Freshfield on their agenda. This summer’s rather unseasonal weather was instrumental in changing our planned A+ walk this month. We had intended to undertake a high-level walk on Creigiau Gleision, above Llyn Crafnant, but a forecast of high winds forced a change of plan. Thanks to Jon who came up with one of our first linear walks for some time, we instead had an exhilarating walk along part of the beautiful Anglesey coastal path between Holyhead and Trearddur Bay. We are nothing if not resourceful and adaptable!

Photography is an art that relies on good lighting conditions, and, in all honesty, we haven’t enjoyed the best of months with sunshine at a premium. However, our photographers have once again come up trumps with some stunning views from the club’s A and B August walks. On occasion, we will see one of the group make a brief stop and produce a camera or phone and start shooting. It’s nice to see what caught their eye and you can see below just some of their creative efforts - see if you can also spot some of the special effects they have used too in making their photos just that extra bit special.

Thanks, in particular to Ian, David, Peter and Bruce (who captured a brace of butterflies) with additional submissions from Sue and Steve.

The fleeting hour of life of those

who love the hills is quickly spent,

but the hills are eternal.

Always there will be the lonely ridge,

the dancing beck, the silent forest;

always there will be the exhilaration of the summits.

These are for the seeking,

and those who seek and find while there is

still time will be blessed both in mind and body.

Alfred Wainwright