Walk lead by Peter Hitchcock, distance 11 miles.
Welcome to a walk with beautiful views and on a trail trodden on for hundreds of years!! From the car park, with its 30p cash or card toilets, we strike north across the river and up steeply (no choice) past the canal café and school to the base of Castell Imus Bray. Today, we shall not be climbing up to this ancient ruin, rather, we shall detour westwards to eventually join Offa’s Dyke path further up the valley. We stay on this famous track for nearly 4 kms towards World’s End at the end of the valley with a fantastic vista ahead of us.
Once past Crag Arthur, we climb to the top of the ridge before returning south initially along the escarpment edge but then meandering more into the moor (there’s a word for that which I don’t know!) for a change of view and softer path. We eventually descend down to Offa’s Dyke Path just east of the Castell but, on heading back into Llangollen, we do an “Owen Glendwr” and sneak down the southerly flank of the fortress – unseen! We enter the town walking past the canal café again but it’s only an arrow’s throw to the pub by the river. After the recent heavy snow in the area, some of the paths are quite muddy but, more importantly, some of Offa’s trail is single-file on the side of the escarpment so, for anybody who is a bit dodgy on balance, this may not be the walk for you today. (see photo above) But we can chat before we set off. All told, a little over 11 miles with quite a few ‘ups and downs’ but great scenery on a lovely day with great views of Snowdonia. (Yr Wyddfa to be PC!).
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