Ascent: 1150m
Weather: sunny in morning, showers middle of the day,sunnier later.
Buzzards under attack: 2
(Not very well) camouflaged bunnies: 1
Guide squirrels leading the way: 1
We'd seen buzzards and bunnies today before we'd even finished breakfast. We left the hotel and crossed the busy road, turning off past a house where we got barked at by two dobermans, thankfully on the other side of a sturdy fence.
We met the ODP again on a track near Trevor Hall, and then walked through some pretty woods (past bitey horses) and up on to the hill top. The track follows the edge of the hill, named Panorama Walk, where you can see over the valley and towards Castel Dinas Bran. The geography here is interesting, as the hillside cliffs have been pushed up dramatically so what looks like flat farm land sits at a very steep angle.
We took a detour up to visit the castle ruins, the castle was built in the 13th century and only occupied for 20 years before it burned down and was abandoned - obviously they decided the walk up was too steep for them too so didn't bother rebuilding it.
The path leaves the track and contours along through the scree slopes, along the valley. A signpost pointed the way to World's End, and it was shortly after there that it started raining. We crossed the ford, which was fast flowing, cold and slippy underfoot, and squelched up the hill. Coming out of the trees onto a moorland road, the rain really started coming down, and we donned our waterproofs again. The path leaves the lane and crosses open moorland, some of it on duckboards which made for easier going.
The path heads down through Llandegla Forest, where there a lot of bitey midges and rather scared looking mountain bikers.
In Llandegla village we stopped at the Willows Cafe for a lovely lunch stop with lots of tea (there is also a post office / shop / coffee shop in the village but we couldn't work out if it was open and there was a sign out by the church for refreshments there too.)
From Llandegla we crossed some farm land, and went up some pretty tree and flower lined paths and up onto open fields on the tops. It was a bit windy, but mostly sunny.
There were some fine views over the Clwydian range, that we will be walking tomorrow, but mostly likely won't be able to see much if the weather forecast is anything to go by.
We left the ODP near some very nervous cows and then followed a Bridleway down into Llanferres village, through a wood with a cow-y path that I'm not allowed to mention any more, and to the Druid Inn.
We've had showers and top dinner and are now relaxing (with rather aching feet and knees, I must admit) with a pint of Marynka beer.
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