Start - Alvechurch
Finish - Longbridge
Geocaches - 11
The BrummieRing WebSite
BrummieRingPhase1
Last weekend, I completed the Capital Ring. I was thinking of my next challenge and actually booked the rail tickets for the start of the Capital Loop.... Similar but further out. Then I thought some more and came up with the idea of creating a 2nd City equivalent.
The BrummieRing was born.
Within an hour, I had a rough outline of the route. Within 2 hours, I had learned how to create a website. Then Mrs Mappiman told me it was time to go to bed.
Today, I have to walk the first stage, so that I can add on the walking directions.
Park up at Alvechurch station and then walk across a field that Mrs Mappiman claims "will leave her boots built up like a disabled shoe". She has a way with words. I should let her write the blog. We pick up the canal, which we will follow all the way up to the Bittel Reservoirs.
House for Sale - Canal Dreams |
I grab cache 4 and 5 and then get a call. "Where are you?". She has gone marching back the way we came and somehow missed me. I wasn't even up the tree at this point.
I console myself by making friends with Worm Danglers. I have changed my mind on them. Their catch was rather impressive.
Pike and Chips for Tea |
The Belly of the Beast |
We hit the reservoirs, dissecting the lower and upper ones. Have a chat with the Farmer at Bittell Farm. He has a brummie accent which somehow seems wrong on a farmer.
Up through Cofton and onto the first of the Lickey Hills. We vowed not to pass any chance of refreshments and the cafe at the Golf Course provides the first rest.
I had the Par 3 Breakfast. Sonia choked on her Bacon Sarnie |
On a Full English Breakfast, the climb to the Toposcope is a struggle, but the views are worth it.
Mysterious, Brooding and Very Small |
We can see the Brummie Ring from here |
Rule are Rules... No refreshment opportunity to be spurned |
Final bit of road walking, but its all nicely tree lined, before we get to Longbridge station and the train back to Alvechurch. Took us 4.5 hours to get here. Nine minutes to get back. And £2.50 for a single.
Just missed the train. |
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