Distance - 5 Miles
Geocaches - 2
Titterstone Clee Hill at EveryTrail
All turning out rather nice.
I have taken a couple of days from work. Yesterday, was the annual Jolly Boys outing to Cheltenham Racing and it would have been rude not to make a long weekend of it.
We wake to a heavy blanket of fog but a check on the weather websites, suggests that the Shropshire Hills may be clear. I noticed a walk up Titterstone Clee Hill in a recent CW Mag, so quickly plotted a route and headed out. Once in Shropshire, the fog lifted and we had glorious blue skies.
I could not have planned it better if I had tried.
We park up at an abandoned quarry site and we have the place to ourselves, with the exception of a man who has brought his dog all the way here to just throw a ball for it.
The route takes us eastbound over some tussocky grasslands. Cache 1 of the day is found in the boulders - never the easiest location. Spot on Co-Ords make for an easy find.
Head towards a strange Totem Pole looking tree at the oddly named Random Farm.
Random Farm in the background |
They don't do tea.
Impressive Church |
The Shropshire Way up to the top does not look too steep but is deceptive. Sonia's C25K training pays off and she goads me for being more "Hill Fit" than me.
As with all hills - it is well worth it when we reach the top. Especially on a day like this.
We can see for Miles |
Third Highest Man in Shropshire |
My Fiat 500 (L) is down there somewhere |
She isn't the greatest at this game |
Make do with the Crown at Hopton Wafers |
Has the labradoodle got geocache finding skills?
ReplyDeleteNope. However, when she starts to cry it means I have spent enough time at GZ and its time to move on!
ReplyDeleteI walk every Thursday with either one or two of my good friends who are not geocachers. I always plot the route, then have a look to see if there are any geocaches directly coinciding. But looking for Gs with others who are not committed is no good. If we have spent more than five minutes I feel that patience is running thin, and anyway I can't concentrate on searching because I am concerned about overdoing things with the others. Geocaching does not really lend itself to combining with a normal walk and it takes up too much time if I am on a multi week backpacking trip when I am usually under some kind of schedule to reach a prefferred destination within the day at a reasonable time. I find that this activity is best undertaken with only that specific purpose in mind.
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