26/3/11 - Abberley Village for a Dog's Birthday...

Miles - 4
Caches - Loads but only 2 I haven't found
Walk from - Pub Walks in Worcestershire - Richard Shurey
Pub Lunch - Nothing, they were having the electrics done

Abberley Village at EveryTrail


All of this has been Ellie's Idea - she has decided that the dog needs a brithday walk to celebrate her 8th birthday - so she is all up for a local walk, with a pub lunch, where the dog can get her own sausage.

Scan my library of books for inspiration and its Abberley Village for a four miler on the Worcestershire Way and a stop off at the Manor Arms on the way back.  This is a good local walk that I have done many times before.  For cachers, its part of the Advent(ure) series which I found a while ago but it did provide the chance to catch up on one DNF.  This had to be found, as after my poor attempt last time, 81 one people have found it and no-one else has failed.  It was a matter of honour.

Park up at pub and turn North East up country lanes, soon turning to fields and picking up the Worcestershire Way at Netherstone House.  I was prepared for the the stiff climb onto the hill, but Ellie maybe should have laid off the Pink Chill a bit last night.

Keep me up to Midnight for a lift again young lady.

Once having made the climb that Ellie has made look like the North Face of the Eigar - you are on a great ridge path that normally has good views.  Not today, due to low cloud.

Stop for a rest before the one remaining cache to find, which took all of 2 mins today.  Either I have got better or this one wasn't in its current home last time as there was no excuse for not finding it.

Handy Rest Area....

Continue along the path before the drop down into Abberley and back to the pub.  The Manor Arms is a 16th Century Coaching house.  Been here a few times over the years.  Today, at 12:10pm, we were the only punters and Ellie was gutted to learn that the Kitchen was being renovated and they are having a grand re-opening in April.  Bought her a diet coke to cheer her up.

Could have been lunch

So Ellie's great plan didn't quite work out - bit steeper than she expected and lunch not quite up to scratch.  Maybe she will come next week to keep working on me about how all her friends have cars, why she would get a job, if it didn't involve working evenings.  Or afternoons.  And why £200 on a pair of jeans represents an investment, rather than an expense.

Bloody Students.