Geocaches - 35
First Cache
Pub - The Carpenter's Arms, Wye Valley Butty Bach
Today's walk has been simply wonderful.
About a week ago, my geocaching email notifications showed a 100 Cache monster loop had been published in the Cotswolds.
It wasn't a question of if I'd do them, more when. Investigations showed they caches were placed in 3 distinct loops - between 8 and 10 miles long.
So I'll tackle them in the same way that I completed a similar Cotswold Monster Loop in 2013 - and dedicate a weekend per month to knock them off.
The CO has thought of everything for this walk. Parking co-ords are provided. GPX routes can be downloaded from Dropbox - so everything is in order and I head of to Miserden. In typically perverse style, I am doing the South East Loop first and hopefully, cache 100 will be the first I find.
I have walked all over the this area but for some reason - this is my first visit. And I will be forever grateful to the CO for bringing me to this area.
The village is charming. The scenery is stunning. The walking is peerless.
Miserden Church |
Cache 1 (or 100) is soon found. And the caches are perfect for a trail of this scale. The clue makes things simple - so you can concentrate on the walking. Today took me 4 hrs 46 Minutes - so I am eternally grateful for not having elongated searches and being able to concentrate on views like this.
An early vista on today's walk |
Precarious Downhill to Frome Valley |
River Frome and the Valley Floor |
Frome Valley |
Whats goes down has to go back up again, so I have a tricky climb up the rain soaked path from last night's storm. Greeted by friendly sheep at the summit.
Where's the Cache? |
Edgeworth Church |
Into Edgeworth Manor's Garden - hunting tupperware |
Duntisbourne Abbots is next up. A collection of pretty houses but alas, no obvious sign of a pub. Then through to Winstone, where we enter the grounds Misarden Park at a lodge.
Misarden Lodge - Not a typo - they do change vowels for some reason |
The Pool |
The Manor House and the Woodlands. |
After a final stiff climb, I am back in Miserden. There's only one way to celebrate such an epic walk.
My new local for at least two more months |
Massive thanks to the CO rupertmh - Superb effort in finding a stunning place to place a great trail.
Back again in April!
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