Decided to try a local route I found on all trails, and to see how my new boots- measured in a store and expensive- would feel. Praying for a foot miracle please! Soles with the boots sucked, my feet felt drowned- which considering I was told they are wide as I need a wide fit seems contradictory. So I already felt issues with the boots just setting off, tried to re do the laces a few times to try and help! Anyways, this is a lovely shorter walk and pretty so will share some photos!
Such nice looking boots as well... Walk starts along the river in St Asaph, I got on by the library and headed left out of St Asaph, it went onto fields quite quickly and was quieter than the area around St Asaph itself. Only met a couple of people.
You cannot follow the whole river to Rhuddlan as sadly both sides of the river become private land, for fishing I believe, which is a shame as that would be a brilliant walk. Loads of little bridges heading across at random points so gives some choice about crossing over. I walked until I got to the private land, and headed over to the other side. I had naively assumed I would be able to walk along the river bank that side, but nope, that was private too. So ended up wandering along some lanes, luckily very quiet and no cars came by whilst I was there, but it was early afternoon so may get busier later in the day?
The sheep wasn't stuck, he was scratching himself on the machinery! Lots of little lambs around this time of year as well, walked this back in April 2025, just taken a while to upload!
You walk under the A55 on this walk, I could have crossed over the top using this bridge, and the walk told me too, but there was a public footpath sign just before this so I decided to just follow that and see where it went. It took me back to the river which was great, roads are not my favourite walking places! Back towards St Asaph centre, there were some lovely statues dotted around, some in better condition than others, just adds to the visuals. This section was definitely busier as well.
The plaque references the bridge just above this caption, quite hard to believe just how horrendous the flooding was in this area, and it is hard to believe the water could even get that high. The river is tidal, so this plays a big part when we have large amounts of rain. Luckily no floods since. Sadly, Mrs Hughes, a 91 year old lady died in her own home, after saying she wanted to stay in the warmth of her own home and finish her breakfast, it was noted this information was not passed on to rescue teams, and sadly when they went to her home, she had passed away. RIP Mrs Hughes.
I walked along the river until there was no where else to go, I reckon I could see a public footpath heading off across a field before it was impassable, but I was 5miles in and my feet were done in so called it quits! Lovely walk though, especially with some decent shoes on!
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