Geocaches - 10
Walk Inspiration - A County Top 10 Pub (#3 in Worcestershire)
Bromsgrove Caching
Day 2 of gardening leave. Someone in the house is going to work again, this time to Bromsgrove. I decide to tag along. There are two Top 10 County pubs up for grabs and I am sure I can plan a walk that takes in one of them.
Consult my library of walking manuals. The only walks include Tardebigge locks, which I have blogged about twice - most recently in February 2013. Decide on another approach, I'll take in the odds and ends caches that are around the town and finish in the high street for the pub.
Sonia drops me off at Sander's Park. There are three up for grabs. Only two are found and both are animal identity tags. They are so small, I can only assume they were designed for gerbils. Still, as meatloaf once said, two out of three ain't bad.
Park Life |
A classic Bailey Rangers layby challenge is thwarted by people parked in said location. I will have to come back another day.
The map is not a good representation of Ground Zero, where a housing estate has been developed in the grounds of the former Garringtons Works Site. According to the cache info, this was the world's largest foundry. Now its a maze of Barrett Homes.
The cache is a deserved winner of "cache of the day".
There is a cache in here. Somewhere. |
I am now out in the country. Sugar Brook Manor is hidden partly hidden by walls but the sign says its 16th Century and you can see the Tudor Timbers. A quick stretch of countryside brings me to the Queen's Head Pub and the Canal, at the bottom of Tardebigge locks.
Queens Head - Guarded by Neddies |
Today, it's too early but they are belting out Christmas Songs. The sounds of "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" remind me that Sonia has lovingly prepared a Turkey and Cranberry Baguette. Like a Napoleonic soldier, I chow down on this as a I plod my way past the locks.
Tardebigge Locks was always going to get in on the walk |
It is my cue to head inland and climb the hill. It provides a view of where I need to be for my refreshment.
Need to aim for the Spire |
My Destination |
Nelson Mandela is currently getting a hell of a send off.
Elvis died at 42 on the toilet.
It is possible to be married for 56 years, but only if you drink every day.
On that final gem, Sonia calls me. Thanks to finding a free parking space, she can join me and explain what it is like to work for a living.
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