It has been some time since we last did a ride over the Halkyn Mountain so why not climb it from both sides? Even better a figure of eight loop centred loosely on the top would cover all four flanks! With elevenses at the Gallery Coffee Shop in Hawarden the route led us through Ewloe, Northop Hall and Northop. This was followed by the short but steep climb by Gwern-y-marl and then on to Halkyn, across the top and onto the old coaching road to Babell. The Black Lion Inn is the recommended lunch stop in this area as many of the other pubs shown on the map have either closed down or are shut at weekday lunchtimes. From here we continued westwards before turning north along the minor lanes to eventually join NCR 5 and the return leg through Whitford Chwitffordd, Gorsedd, Brynford and Pentre Halkyn. This time the route over the top took us through Rhes-y-cae and Rhosesmor to complete the figure of eight. The final section back through Buckley and Broughton was completed quickly with wind behind us so that by 16.00 hours we were having coffee and cake in the new Costa Coffee at the Broughton Retail Park.
Distance from Chester and back 52 miles with 992 metres of ascent.
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