After a couple of days in my shorts I put my long trousers back on and the sun shone. Still, it wasn't very warm. The cool breeze made sure of that.
We parked where we'd left off at the end of day 2, a mile north-east of Llangwyfan. From there we were straight onto the Offa's Dyke Path and walking north westward towards Penycloddiau. The plantation we passed through was unnamed on the map ...
Once we'd got out of the wood I suggested to Natasha that a stump of wood just off the path would enhance the photograph I wanted to take. She was being disobedient that day though and wouldn't take that extra step for the sake of the image below ...
She scrambled back onto the path and the walk continued ...
As we neared the summit of Penycloddiau we looked back, over the hills we'd walked in the previous two days.
As we started to descend there were signs of footpath repair. Quite an unusual design ...
Just past this, a memorial to Arthur Roberts, a walker who had been deeply involved with the Ramblers' Association in those early days ...
As we continued to lose height we could see the sea in the far distance [though you probably won't be able to see it in the photograph].
We left the higher ground and most of the breeze behind us as we started to descend towards Aifft.
Beyond Aifft we skirted the lower slopes of Moel y Parc and though the sun was shining Natasha kept her gloves on ....
As we came down into Bodfari, Natasha watched a buzzard wheeling overhead ...
We had lunch on the steps of the church in Bodfari with the 17th century pub boarded up nearby. There was something depressing about the place ... perhaps it was the pub, slowly falling into disrepair.
We did a bit of road walking with a view to following the Clwydian Way back to the car park. As we walked along a single track lane, where we saw no cars whatsoever, we looked back towards Aifft and Moel y Parc ...
We turned off the lane we were on with a view to passing Finger Cottage [!] to reach the Clywdian Way. A path to the left, leading across the hillside, was adorned with this ...
Once we'd got on the Clwydian Way we followed this as it wound round the side of Penycloddiau. Just above the farm known as Fron-gelyn we passed an old, rusting water tank ...
What I really like about walking in this area is that it is very quiet. We saw no more than 2 or 3 walkers on this particular mile or so of bridleway ...
Then we were in the plantation and heading back to the car ...
All told we did between ten and eleven miles that day. [In fact according to the OS Explore website it was probably nearer 9 miles].
You can see the route I followed on the OS Explore website, here :~ http://explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/os_routes/show/18519
Date of walk ~ 20th April 2010
Length of walk ~ 9 miles
Total walked so far in 2010 ~ 92.75 miles
Total walked since 1st September 2009 ~ 222.75 miles
18 of 2010
She scrambled back onto the path and the walk continued ...
As we neared the summit of Penycloddiau we looked back, over the hills we'd walked in the previous two days.
As we started to descend there were signs of footpath repair. Quite an unusual design ...
Just past this, a memorial to Arthur Roberts, a walker who had been deeply involved with the Ramblers' Association in those early days ...
As we continued to lose height we could see the sea in the far distance [though you probably won't be able to see it in the photograph].
We left the higher ground and most of the breeze behind us as we started to descend towards Aifft.
Beyond Aifft we skirted the lower slopes of Moel y Parc and though the sun was shining Natasha kept her gloves on ....
As we came down into Bodfari, Natasha watched a buzzard wheeling overhead ...
We had lunch on the steps of the church in Bodfari with the 17th century pub boarded up nearby. There was something depressing about the place ... perhaps it was the pub, slowly falling into disrepair.
We did a bit of road walking with a view to following the Clwydian Way back to the car park. As we walked along a single track lane, where we saw no cars whatsoever, we looked back towards Aifft and Moel y Parc ...
We turned off the lane we were on with a view to passing Finger Cottage [!] to reach the Clywdian Way. A path to the left, leading across the hillside, was adorned with this ...
Once we'd got on the Clwydian Way we followed this as it wound round the side of Penycloddiau. Just above the farm known as Fron-gelyn we passed an old, rusting water tank ...
What I really like about walking in this area is that it is very quiet. We saw no more than 2 or 3 walkers on this particular mile or so of bridleway ...
Then we were in the plantation and heading back to the car ...
All told we did between ten and eleven miles that day. [In fact according to the OS Explore website it was probably nearer 9 miles].
You can see the route I followed on the OS Explore website, here :~ http://explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/os_routes/show/18519
Date of walk ~ 20th April 2010
Length of walk ~ 9 miles
Total walked so far in 2010 ~ 92.75 miles
Total walked since 1st September 2009 ~ 222.75 miles
18 of 2010
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