Distance - 8.5 Miles
Caches Found - 4
First Cache
This walk has been on the list for a long time. I worked in Cirencester for Rothschilds back in 1997 and fancied coming back for a look around. I also liked the fact that this starts and ends in a town, so would give me a chance to have a look around after doing a decent length walk.
Drive down took around 50 minutes and parked up at the Abbey Grounds car park.
The first cache cache is barely out of the town - a micro on a bridge over a stream. This cache plays on the roman history of the town and there are few along this theme - as you would expect.
Erskine Street Cache - look the right way, dog. |
Walk northwards towards Stratton at first, taking in green lanes between houses and up to the church at Stratton End. Take in the 2nd cache of the day - a clip box down in a field and a rather large ice cream box in a churchyard......
The route of this walk is a little weird - it has a sections of repetition, rather than a complete loop. From Grange Farm, I head across fields to Daglingworth. Sweeping views of this hamlet are available from a distance.
Daglingworth in the Distance |
Reaching the half way point is a straight up and back trip to Duntisbourne Rouse. This is little more than a collection of houses, a nice ford and a church. The route has me retracing the steps back to Daglinworth, taking a different route back towards Cirencester.
Pass a huge expanse of grass on the way back, with a scoreboard. At first, I thought the grass was a bit long for cricket but closer inspection of the board shows this is a Polo Pitch. This is a first in 8 years of walking.....
A clock to confuse a working class boy from Smethwick. |
Dollar Street view of Cathedral |
That's a clever dog you've got, she's great at taking photos of you.
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