Moel Famau circular walk
Went for a good walk today around the Mold hills near where I currently live. Have done this particular route before but who cares?!
Starting at about 11 am, the walk heads north west out of Maeshafn and follows a wooded trail for the most of the way to the main road near Cadole/Loggerheads. After crossing the road the path goes north through the Loggerheads park eventually arriving on the road to Cilcain. Here it turns west, crossing several muddy fields before meeting another road for short distance. Then the ascent up Moel Famau (from east side) begins. This is quite steep and always guaranteed to warm things up 
At the summit today the wind from the south west was horrendous. So much in fact that I couldn’t descend the south facing steps from the Jubilee Tower due to being blown backwards! I guess I need to eat more lard to make me less susceptible to strong winds, or possibly carry a few bricks in my pack for ballast. Had some lunch at the summit in the shelter of the tower.
After taking the steep and most direct path down through the forest to the car park the walk continues west on the roads for a while before turning back onto some fields. The path then descends steadily, past a farm and eventually meeting the road down into Llanferres. There is a pretty good pub here - “The Druid”, which is handy for a food/drink top up, but today I just kept going straight across the road and down into the valley. The path follows the river (which was very high today) and soon begins to climb up again to the Maeshafn forest. The forest makes a nice end to the walk, which soon arrives in Maeshafn.
I treated myself to a pint of Theakstons in the Miners Arms, before getting back home for about 3.30pm. It had been rather a wet and windy Sunday but I still very much enjoyed being out there…the way it should be.
This evening I really couldn’t be bothered cooking and enjoyed the second treat of the day. Drove up to the “Druid Inn” in Pontblyddyn (not the same one as Llanferris) and enjoyed a starter of olives, a main course of delicious Conwy mussels (mmmmmmm!) then ice cream for desert. All washed down with the local Druid ale… Oh yes.
