25/9/11 - The odd caches left around Clent

Distance - 4.4 Miles
Walk from - 100 Walks in Warwickshire and West Midlands
(Even though Clent is in Worcestershire)
Geocaches - 6 and 1xDNF
Challenges - 1 and my first.

Clent

The geocaching community is up in arms over the introduction of a new concept of Challenges.  Rather than going out and finding hidden treasure, you are challenged to get out there and do something.  The nearest one to us is at Clent, to have your photo taken at the four standing stones, so I head on up there to do a structured walk from a book, take in some of the remaining caches and complete the challenge.

In a slight change of form, I have to drop Sonia off at work.  She has spent the last four weeks writing her phone number on bits of paper and attaching them to builders vans.  Some men may be concerned about this, but as all the little tricky jobs around the house are getting miraculously completed, I don't mind.

The fact that she is at work means I have to play mother.  From what I can tell this involves washing, buying provisions, cooking provisions and being a taxi driver.

Park up at the back of the fountain and have the stiff climb up to the top of Adams Hill to the stones.  Cache 1 is called Ouch and involves crawling through gorse to get at a film pot at the bottom of a tree.  Good job it is early and no one can see me.

Get up to the stones to complete the challenge.

Four Stones

Pick up two National Trust caches whilst heading in a North East direction to Nimmings car park and drop down across agricultural fields to St Kenelm Church, scene of a murdered boy king in the dark ages.

No sign of Regicide today

Head south and skirt the edges of Walton Hill.  There is a trail of caches named after members of the Walton family on this side of the hills.  I have found several of them before, but two are on paths that are not on the OS map and not well travelled.  Decide to have a look, dropping down a steep woodland.  After a hunt, I miss one and get the other.  So one still eludes me!

Continue down o Nag Hill and pick up the Vine Pub (Thresher Shark anyone?) and the Church, which has the service is full swing as they belt out the latest christian hits.

Road walking along Odnall Lane and back to the car. 

As expected, great walking.  Now for domesticity.