Following on from my rather wintery walk along the Dee Way back in March, last week, Jude dropped me off in Chirk under overcast skies. Thankfully, it barely rained all day. What wasn’t so nice was the condition of the path, which was incredibly and annoyingly overgrown (with nettles and bramble thorns) in many places. As you will see from some of the pictures below (and there’s more in the days to come unfortunately) much of the route could not have been walked very often at all.

The highlight(s) of the day proved to be 10’s of Speckled Woods and possibly even more Gatekeepers, with the occasional Green-veined White thrown in for good measure. Quite surprising on such a dull day.

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  1. blhphotoblog Avatar

    Bet that was fun in shorts!
    The river looks magnificent though.

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      Yes, I soon realised I needed my waterproof trousers on even though it wasn’t raining! I also managed to drag a bramble trailer
      across the back of my calf. Ouch! And when I wasn’t getting stung or scratched, I got bitten by horse flies (especially when I stopped to capture the butterflies). Oh, the joys of the British countryside!

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  2. Anita Avatar

    So you’re out hiking again!! Hard to keep up with all your adventures though😁
    Wow so many great photos!! Doubtful if I would dare to walk there alone. My dogs would love to come along as company.
    I couldn’t resist reading your response to Brian’s comment πŸ˜‚

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      Yes, it certainly was an ‘adventure’! The going wasn’t so bad after day 3 though. πŸ‘πŸ˜Š

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