Walk From - Village Walks in Worcestershire
Geocaches - 11 found, 2 not found, 1 did not look too hard!
Let Downs - The Weather, The Camera
I have a list of walks to do in the month. They are all excellent, involve some driving and are of significant distance and natural beauty that they will make all the effort worth while.
I am not going to attempt them when the BBC weather website has a weekend full of big black raindrops. In reality, its not exactly raining - more like the clouds have come down to take away any views and soak you through.
However, I still need my fresh air, so I look for a local route from my walks library and end up in Hopwood. I last started a walk from the Hopwood House pub in the year that we got the labradoodle - 28/12/03. Just where have 10 years gone?
Plot the route and there an unexpected number of caches on route. Thats a bonus.
Its a bit early to park at the pub, so I park down a snowy lane and head off to the canal.
Canal Dreams |
Tunnel of Love |
They were worrying my dog |
Caches come thick and fast, as we plod up hill and pick up the North Worcester Path, after turing right past the Autism Centre.
Pretty foul walking, slopping through the mud and mist, as we work our way down to the Peacock Pub. At least ther are plenty of caches to provide some entertainment.
I do have a minor brainwave about photographic evidence. Having two teenagers should have made me realise sooner that my sat nav phone has a camera.
New Pro Pic? |
Let's try again with the camera next week |
Get my first "Did not look", as the first muggle dog walkers are out in force down the lane.
More mud sloping down to Stonehill Farm, and surprisingly end up on a set of Rugby pitches. There are no games on but a couple of caches. One, I couldn't find but am fairly sure is still there. The second one had a very obvious clue but there was no cache that I could find. I did, however, find an old Rugby Ball and a CD, so not a wasted hunt.
A little bit of lane walking and we are at Hopwood house. There is of course, a cache. There is also a lorry from Macclesfield delivering all the home made food that make up their two main courses for a tenner offer. Wait for the fella to go before retrieving.
Back along the canal, one more cache and back up to the car. Pleased with myself to have not wasted a day, when a more normal reaction would have been to sit of the sofa and watch Sky Sports. With Biscuits.
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