Yesterday, I met Tellytubby in Cwm Road Dyserth for a short walk to Mynydd Y Cwm. It was just nice to get out into the countryside once more as with the Coronavirus and medical procedures we haven't been able to get about very often. Rhuddlan who would normally be in the Caymen Islands or some other tropical place at this time of the year is now shielding and old Uncle Albert spends most of his time on the golf course now
Anyway Tellytubby and I set off on the footpath through a nice woodland area just below Moel Hiraddug and then crossed a lane onto open farmland that took us into the village of Cwm.
The first thing we saw was the Blue Lion pub where in the 1970's we would spend many happy hours and our car treasure hunts always landed there where we were well looked after by the host, the late Geoff Copeland.
We crossed over and had a look around the Churchyard and the graves there and one particular one was sad as it was of my neighbours when I lived in Dyserth many years ago.
After leaving the Church we followed the lane uphill and took the footpath through the woods to the forestry track where we turned up another footpath that took us to the top of Mynydd Y Cwm and then we saw the plaque commemorating the deaths of the four airmen who tragically lost their lives at this spot in 1947. The wreckage of the disaster has been removed from the site but the investigators never found the altimeter that may have shed light on why the crash happened.
We stopped there long enough to pay our respects and headed downhill to Cwm Road where we found a bench in a shaded spot and had our refreshments while enjoying lovely views over the Vale of Clwyd.
After a while we went past Pentre Cwm a beautiful restored Grade II listed building, I lived in the area before the restoration in 1988 and can appreciate how sympathetically the restoration has been carried out. Our cars were parked a little further down the road so we soon reached them after having had a nice walk and catch up. A bonus was the weather as the forecast all day was for lightning but it was just hot and humid with a heat haze over the valley.
I also had a second bonus when I stopped at the Water Garden Nursery in Kinmel Bay on my way home. I was quite parched after the walk so two very large scoops of Amaretto and Black Cherry ice cream at £2.50 would go down well, but when I came to pay the young lady said that'll be £1.25 is that ok? “ That'll do nicely thanks” I said and at that price I was tempted to have another one but resisted the temptation
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