18.12.19 Mynydd Du (SJ 214 571)
Driving north toward
Wrexham I wondered what I was doing, as clagged grey hung deeply across the
countryside with chilled frost adding beauty to an otherwise enclosed
scene. I was hoping to visit four P30s
over three walks, ending close to Mold where a short drive in my car would take
me to Mark’s house for our onward journey to Beddgelert to meet Aled for an
early evening pre-Christmas meal.
There was a beautiful crisp
blue sky and vivid colour yesterday, and yet today was diametrically
opposite. However, as I turned
north-westward toward the base of my first hill of the day the clag was not as
thick as that around Welshpool, which made navigation easier, although
wandering to the top of a relatively high field is never the most difficult.
Having parked to the
south of the hill beside a church I followed a public footpath up in to the
gloom. It was good to be out, slowly
immersing myself in ethereal mist and chilled air with frost edged patches
clinging to the dulled green of winter.
The path led past a pool
enclosed by stunted trees, I stopped and looked out on to a quiet scene. Just a breath of breeze stirred the trees;
this increased in strength as I gained height to open land, but only blew
stronger later in the day on my last hill.
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| A misted and chilled scene |
The path led me to the
upper field where murky silhouettes of grazing cattle would ebb in and out of
view. The high point was close to where
I crested the upper broad ridge and near to the remains of a collapsed stone
wall.
The summit point was
easy to identify and within a few minutes I had placed the Trimble atop my
rucksack, measured the offset between its internal antenna and the ground
below, and once the 0.1m accuracy level was attained before data should be
logged, activated it to gather data.
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| Gathering data at the summit of Mynydd Du |
By this time the one or
two murky silhouettes of distant cattle had turned in to a small herd who
sometimes stood and watched and other times frisked their way this way and
that, a seemingly playful bunch.
Once data were gathered
and stored, I closed the equipment down, packed it away and left the summit
reversing my inward route back past the pool and down to my car. A fine start to the morning’s bagging.
Survey Result:
Mynydd Du
Summit Height: 379.5m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)
Summit Grid Reference: SJ 21470 57139 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)
Bwlch Height: c 342m (interpolation)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 21266 57457 (interpolation)
Drop: c 37m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)
Dominance: 9.87% (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)
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