Distance - 4.5 Miles
Geocaches - 2
The first in a hopefully short series of "Walks from Closed Pubs". We've been here before but sometimes, things get lost over time and it is important to record them for when future generations look back on this madness.
This is lock down three. Again, the guidance is vague. Derbyshire police have fined two ladies for driving five miles in separate cars as they are "contravening the spirit of the law". Doubling down, the ladies were also in trouble for carrying takeout coffees, classed by the iffy filth as "constituting a picnic". But this isn't what I am trying to record.
On this mornings Andrew Marr show, he was interviewing Matt Hancock about the difference between lockdown 3 and lockdown 1. Andrew Marr stated - and Matt concurred - that in lockdown 1, we were able to exercise for a maximum of 1 hour.
This was simply not true. In this lockdown and the last 2, there have been no limits on the duration of exercise and it is stated we can travel locally for exercise.
The issue is, there is no definition of what local means.
It was with slight trepidation that 3 of us from the same household traveled just over 6 miles for a 2 hour walk. We were delighted to see no humans during the ramble. Or roadblocks getting there or back.
This walk is from yet another on-line resource - mapometer - as I browse all the Internet can offer for new walk inspiration.
We start at a pub. The Lenchford. Prime position next to the River Severn - a Covid closed caravan park adjacent and famous for its carvery. In case this is a thing lost to future generations - my son describes carveries as "a Sunday lunch, where you can pick the best bits and have none of the crap".
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| Son #1 is not a big fan of cabbage or creamed leeks |
A short walk back along the road to pick up a path to the River Severn. Our aim - Oliver's Mound. A small sandstone outcrop which had a norman castle until the locals robbed it for building material. Later used as a gun emplacement by Cromwell in the English Civil War. Of course there's geocaches - a traditional (found) and a FYI multi that I didn't test the patience of the rest of the family with.
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| Olivers Mound from the River Severn |
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| Which contains a mini waterfall |
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| And a huge lake covered in ice and a green film |
A quick stop at Shrawley Church for a lovely little cache housed in an unexpected well and then country lanes to pick up Shrawley Brook.
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| Shrawley Chruch |
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| Downhill to the Brook |
Shrawley Brook provides a "land that time forgot" walking experience. Deeply sheltered in mini valley of green, the paths are in better condition than you would imagine from what must be a lack of footfall.
Guide Dog in Training Abi gets a free run and a voluntary dunk in a sub zero temperature stream. She emerges cleaner than our boots which need some serious work before next week's outing.
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| Guide Dog in Training Abi - A blur of puppy excitement |
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