November Walk from Llangollen

Our next walk will be from the famous Welsh town of Llangollen nestling within the beautiful Dee Valley in the North East of Wales. It is a town of varied parts, with plenty to interest the most discerning of visitors. You will probably know it for the Eistedford, or the horse drawn canal boats, or the Steam Railway, but there is plenty more about it so take a peek here

There will be two walks;

• B Walk, led by Bill Farr

Distance: 8.5 miles

Total Ascent: 1,000ft

B Walk Details

• C Walk, led by Norman Jones

Distance:6.5 miles
Height Gain: 875ft

C Walk Details

The coach will leave the back of Iceland at 8.00am on Saturday 9th November 2008. Pre-booking is essential through the Church office, but there are often spaces available for visitors (or for those unable to walk but wishing to visit with us).

B Walk Llangollen November 2008

Walk Leader: Bill Farr
Distance: 8.5 miles approx
Total Ascent: 1000 ft

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Starting from Llangollen, for the first 4 miles the walk is mainly on the flat, initially alongside the canal then on quet roads and farm tracks in the Dee Valley.
After that, crossing the A5 to climb gently through woods to the village of Vivod (c500ft), then along undulating quiet roads and farm tracks back into Llangollen.

Good Paths or quiet roads throughout and hopefully, good views of the Llantysilio Mountains and the Dee Valley.

C Walk Llangollen November 2008

Walk Leader: Norman Jones
Distance: approx 6.5 miles
Height Gain: 875 ft ( including going up to Castell Dinas Bran)

We head north out of Llangollen over the River Dee bridge and up to the quayside of the Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal. This is where the horse drawn and other boat trips are operated. After 1.5 miles along the pleasantly wooded towpath, passing the Royal International Pavilion on the left, we cross the canal and main road to join a footpath. This goes past the ruins of the Valle Crucis Abbey and continues through fields and woodland, with a view beyond the Eglwyseg River Valley to the traffic of the Horseshoe Pass about 1.5 miles away.

A short section along a lane, then through fields to join the Offa's Dyke Path with the prominant cliffs of Eglwseg on our left. After about a mile we leave the path and reach the base of the hill topped by Castell Dinas Bran ruins. The top is a superb viewpoint in reasonable weather and we can decide whether to go to the top, or around the base, when we get there.

After the hill, it's gently downhill for about a mile into Llangollen.

A Sunny Day at Grassmere

After a very wet period we set off on the coach with a lot of scepticism about an overnight change in the weather forecast, not helped by rain on the windscreen, but by the time we got to Grassmere the sun was out and blue skies had appeared. It was a lovely autumnal day, warm, dry and little wind, showing off the colours superbly but some found the water on the ground a bit of a problem. The B party reached Easdale tarn to find the stepping stones had disappeared and so had to change their plans and return by the route they had taken up. Once back in Grasmere they completed the circuit of the water to make a total of 8 miles.

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The B Party on the way up to Easdale Tarn.

Where are the Stepping Stones? They were there on the 'reckie'.

Lovely Autumnal Colours.

The C Party near the Rydal Caves.

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Grasmere Walk Routes

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Weather forecast for Ambleside (nearest town)

Grasmere Walk Details

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Possible A Party Walk?
There may be an A Party Walk, but this has not been decided yet. Ask on the bus.



B Party Walk
Leaders: Shirley and Joan
Distance: approx 7.5 miles
Height gain: 1276 ft

When the Wordsworths lived in Grasmere in the early 19th century they called Easedale 'The black quarter' for that is where the bad weather comes from before it hits the village,and we can vouch for the bad weather it rained all day and it was very wet above ,middle and feet wise the day we did the reckie.

Hopefully we will have a better day as we gradually ascend via Allan Bank and Goody Bridge up Far Easedale to the tarn.We will enjoy our lunch at the Tarn and weather permitting circumnavigate the tarn where there are some wonderful views.

Our homeward journey is via Sourmilk Gill and back to base for a well earned cuppa.

The walk is about 7.5 miles from the coach park and back.

Shirley and Joan

C Party Walk
Leader: Heather Sissons
Distance:5.5/6 miles
Height gain:676ft

A lovely scenic walk following the classic low level walk around Grasmere and Rydal Water.

Going out of the village we pass Dove Cottage and then a moderate climb to take the walk along the Coffin Trail to Rydal Mount, with some wonderful views across both waters and along the valley.

ON the return route we shall visit the Rydal cave as we walk along side the south flank of Rydal Water and Grasmere. The final bit is along the road back into Grasmere and the Garden Centre and various other refreshment venues.

The route is undulating but hopefully with great views.

Grasmere is lovely and peaceful, even in the rain.

October Walk at Grasmere

Our next walk will be on Saturday 11th October to the ever popular area of Grasmere, famous for Gingerbread and William Wordsworth. It has been a regular venue for the club because of its wonderful views, variety of walks and variety of shops and refreshment venues.

Grasmere is a charming village right in the heart of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England and was once the home of the famous poet William Wordsworth; today you can visit two of his former homes - Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount. Also in the centre of Grasmere is St. Oswalds Church, the churchyard of which contains the Wordsworth family graves.

The coach will leave the back of Iceland at 8.00am on Saturday 11th October 2008. Pre-booking is essential through the Church office, but there are often spaces available for visitors (or for those unable to walk but wishing to visit with us).
There will probably be 3 parties;

• A ?
  
• B led by Joan & Shirley
  
• C led by Heather

More details will be available nearer the date, but should be 'on site' by 4th October.

We last visited Grasmere on 11th November 2006 when we had a drizzly misty day as shown by the photograph below.