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at the end of the day they are probably the most waterproof boots i ve ever had they are not perfect but for the price you cannot go wrong with them i think they are now even less money at 60 and some good offers on small or extra large sizes first day out take a quick tour of the boots today tongue and rear of boots still in near perfect condition side walls and stitching in perfect condition a few scuffs on the toe protector but nothing coming apart good depth of rubber on the sole very slight wear on the rh side of the heel back tread but tread still very good very slight chipping of the front rubber tread expected wear for the time used very strong lace hooks difficult to see on the image but there is very slight wear on the heel cup front edge back of the heel cup shows no sign of wear the boots are very comfortable and took no breaking in the laces show no signs of wear and hold grip excellently however i personally find them a couple of inches short but they are quality laces the top lace hooks although they are very strong i find a little small and sometimes a bit of a faff when the lace comes off the hook when initially lacing them up i have never had a lace come off the hook when out hiking the lining and heel sock is very comfy and is 100 polyester i thought this might cause sweaty feet but they haven t the outer sole is 50 eva and 50 nbr that s ethylene vinyl acetate and nitrile butadiene rubber the sole cleats are 5mm the uppers are 70 polyamide and 30 split leather the mid sole is flexible eva the tongue is sewn in on both sides the waterproof inner is pfc free and the specification says they are guaranteed to be waterproof for 6hrs protection in damp environments like i said earlier i have been out in the wet for more than 6hrs and still had dry feet weight of my size 8 is 460 grams each what don t i like well not a lot really i think the sides of the heel cuff could be padded out a bit more the top lace hooks are too small in my opinion and i would have liked the top of the tongue to have slightly more cushioning i also changed the boot insole after the first outing as it was rather thin i now use a foam insole which has done me well over the two years would i buy another pair absolutely and that is what i am going to do soon i hope after i have had a good look at the latest release which is slightly different from my boot i just hope that they have not done a cost reduction job on them i will review the differences when or if i buy them the grip is excellent in the wet the price is good the materials quality is good they are so comfy especially having now changed the insole the toe protector is worthy of boots twice the price posted by alanr at 1 10 pm 2 comments labels gear quencha mh500 walking boots wednesday may 13 2026 llanferres circular a story of bad stiles and cows tuesday 12th may 2026 llanferres circular walk 10 12 km 298m ascent 4hrs including much map reading and a lunch break of about 25 30 minutes weather mixed mainly rain with sunshine later from our accommodation we watched the rain sweep east to west across the clwydian hills and i thought of those people doing the offa s dyke trail getting up out of warm sleeping bags looking out of the tent at the mist and horizontal drizzle right now the weather forecast for today was a mixture of everything and considering that we were not going onto any ridges or tops today i thought i would chose a lightweight set of gear it was a big mistake driving to llanferres was in sunshine and we parked up on the main road the a494 just adjacent from plymog village in a large lay by which was packed end to end with the vehicles of a walking group luckily there was enough room at one end for us and they went off in a different direction to our plan our luck with the weather ran out before we got out of the car it started raining that light stuff that wets you through and the views of the surrounding hills disappeared in minutes the walking group were fully clad in head to toe wet gear and set off up the lane across the main road presumably to do moel famau just a guess on my part my gear was very light weight i took my rab 2 5 layer downpour eco jacket which has to be the worst waterproof i have ever owned it cannot cope with prolonged rain and i knew this was a bad decision it was obviously going to be a soggy hike still it didn t matter too much as we were only doing a day walk if we had been backpacking i wouldn t have taken that jacket i took and old pair of rab over trousers made from event and i expected them to succumb to the weather which they did my boots were perfect a pair of decathlon quencha mh500 which have been absolutely superb unlike sheilas adidas anylander rain dri which kept her feet constantly swimming anyway enough gear talk through the first gate and we met a small herd of young bullock most took no notice of us but one scaredy cat cow didn t like us walking passed not sure who was more scared him or sheila waving her walking pole like a conductor in an orchestra but we made it across the field to the bridge over the river alyn here we met the only people we saw on the walk two runners of the very fit type who didn t like the rain afon alyn there is a kissing gate but we didn t go through it instead we followed the bryn yr ardd woodland boundary fence north through above ankle deep grass and low hedgerows getting even wetter we entered the woodland a couple of times the pungent smell of wild garlic as well as carpets of bluebells was wonderful after crossing a couple of fields we came to a good path in the grounds of mount pleasant farm this led us through pedestrian gate next to a smart set of wrought iron estate type gates we were now on a good path which leads to the old mining village of maps y safn or maeshafn as the sign post reads today mount pleasant farm in the background reaching the village and the minor road we were not persuaded to try the pub even though it may have got us into a dry space for a while maeshafn village grew up because of the mining in the area i presume the mostyn s and grosvenor families held the mineral rights and issued the leases around here we headed west along the road until we came to a small hamlet called pont y mwynwr with a low bridge over the river and a ford which is still used today it is a quaint spot ever so peaceful the path follows the river downstream where there are a few small falls and signs of leats the rain was still with us but it didn t detract from the beauty of this area but we did have to take care on the slippery rocks if only photo s had a smell this wild garlic was incredible not far along the narrow banking the path opened out into much wider ground there are two arched bridges which used to carry water along an aqueduct to the lead wash house the ruins of the wash house still partially exist but nature is taken hold there are many signs of lead mining here and i am a little surprised that more is not made of the area as it is part of the industrial heritage river side path one of the aqueduct bridges part of the ruined lead ore wash house the other side of the wash house the path on the newest os map shows reaching the a494 road via a field gate getting there we found the gate locked and completely covered in barbed wire no way over it i don t see any reason why this has been done unless people have been leaving the gate open anyway looking round for a way to exit the field another gate was spotted in the boundary fence to the right this led through a small wooded area and onto the road this will become the main exit point as what looked like a diversion notice must have been readable at one time an old gatepost look closely and you can see the drill lines where it was blasted from the quarry the gate with barbed wire a short stretch on the a494 brought us to the village of tafarn y gelyn and a footpath through 6 fields which contoured the nameless hillside many of the stiles on this walk leave a lot to be desired and across this area was no better missing or rotten steps wobbly ladder stiles high top rails with missing lower rails epitomise the issues in a couple of places small badges say stile by clwyd ramblers so some effort has been made to improve the mess but really clwyd council environmental dept have responsibility for maintaining public rights of way they are not doing very well in the last field before climbing another stile onto a good farm track many cows spotted us and they had that curiosity to find out who we were they came over and once the brave one had a good sniff of us the rest came down a bit scary at first but they were no problem i think its just the size of them and the horns of course and the vision of spanish bull fighting comes to mind at least the rain had eased off to just a spit a typical stile on route we stayed chatting meaninglessly to the cows before setting off again passed the isolated farm of cwm bach in the garden was an old tilling machine the sign posts were all for moel famau but we were not going up there we headed into the forest up a very steep and slippery banking where we got another soaking from the trees this was by far the steepest section of the walk at the top of the banking we alighted onto a decent forest track where after a bit of map reading and pondering we found our route we had to walk a little right before the track turned on itself to go left that s what we wanted a left path the path contoured the clwyd forest boundary and then joined a wide new lumber road lots of tree felling was taking place and health and safety notices were everywhere we kept looking for a place to have a coffee but couldn t find anything suitable and so we carried on the rain had now stopped and blue skies appeared the views unfolded down bwlch penbarras across loggerheads to mold and further towards the sea this area is signposted to watch out for mountain bikes and horses as well as logging trucks and machinery but the road is wide and today we saw nothing nothing except a beautiful valley with a number of properties that had the wow factor we made our way down hill until we came to a large picnic area car park with toilets too at the minor road we headed east and took the first exit passed the lovely house of pen y waun at the next house there is a choice of taking a bridleway or a footpath we chose the footpath and climbed over a good stile into a field where there is no sign of a path checking the map once again and finding that the path rises diagonally and then skirts the boundary of fron hen farm buildings we commented about how untidy this place looked but did notice a small mf tractor parked next to the sheds once through the farm we found some large concrete blocks which served ideal for a late lunch stop mf135 small tractor 45hp 3 cylinder perkins engine contouring the hillside crossing a small stream with very little water we found the path down to the a494 beside llwyn moelyn house with it s lovely garden we crossed the road to walk on grass rather than road stone and came to the car park in just a couple of minutes this circular walk was only 10 12km in length but because we had to check the map so much stop to take photographs or generally look at the history the flowers the animals etc it took is 4 hrs to complete posted by alanr at 11 09 am 4 comments labels north wales walk sunday april 26 2026 todmorden to littleborough along the rochdale canal saturday 25th april 2026 this post is just for my records as a reminder of doing this walk along the rochdale canal we actually did this route previously on 4th november 2025 so this link here will take readers to the post if required we decided to do this walk again for a couple of reasons 1 we were up a bit earlier than usual 2 it was a lovely day and we had no plans 3 it is such a lovely walk to do especially on such a fine weather day so we got the bus to rochdale train station and then within 2 minutes got on the trans pennine express train from chester to leeds which dropped us off in todmorden the train was absolutely cram packed ridiculously so 4 carriages and people were crammed against the doors for a train doing such a long journey this overcrowding really is unacceptable we are not a third world country yet but i think we are approaching such off the cattle truck we started by calling into the boardgame cafe as we did last time then away we went we did spot a couple of things on this trip that we didn t spot before a london brick and an os benchmark not a rare brick but one i hadn t come across it seems from records that a third of all brick houses in uk are from the london brick company they have been going over 100 years and production peaked post 2nd world war when they produced 16 000 000 bricks per day it s a miracle this is the first one i had come across os benchmark located at sd93298 23717 posted by alanr at 4 29 pm 2 comments labels rochdale canal walk lancashire wednesday april 15 2026 summerseat to heywood tuesday 14th april 2026 who walked just sheila and i today the route 11km left to right we drove from home and found parking in taylor street just off the main road in heywood it was perfect for the bus to bury the 471 turned up with only 2 minutes to wait once in bury interchange we found the 477 bus to ramsbottom already at the stand we asked the driver if he went to summerseat railway station which he did we were the only two people on the bus but there was no bus stop directly at the station which was a surprise we had to get off at the next stop which was on the corner of rowlands rd and crag lane as it turned out it was quite a blessing as the road from the station is quite a steep up back onto rowlands rd we soon reached the last row of stone terraced cottages and into farm land a good track giving us 360 degree views a loud whistle broke the silence of the moment a steam train heading to ramsbottom on the east lancs heritage railway could be heard but not seen due to it being in a deep cutting but the smoke or steam gave away its position we did look at going to summerseat on that very train but at 38 we thought it was way too expensive especially as the bus trip only cost us a total of 2 the last cottages on rowland rd view north west to holcombe tower steam train in the dip our first sighting of a tractor came at nabbs farm a john deere 6r 215 fully equipped with slurry spreader just passed the farm can be found falshaws farm shop and cafe this is all new territory for us we didn t know about the cafe and so we tried the coffee shop it s a lovely spot that does a wide variety of hot food sandwiches ice creams cakes and pastries and also breakfasts and sunday lunches well worth checking out if you are in this area the view from the cafe conservatory is wonderful and the staff are most helpful and chatty web site here falshaws farm shop and cafe on our way again we crossed walmersley road the a56 the footpath is straight ahead this path...