Distance - 8 Miles
Geocaches - 2
Walk Inspiration - Julie Royle's Worcestershire Walks
The first "big" walk I completed in the first lockdown was Crowle, Himbleton and Huddington. This was on a gorgeous May Day, where the bunting was out in celebration of VE Day.
Now, I am not entirely sure what lockdown we are in, but the first "big walk" since the pubs shut this time around is in a similar area, East of Worcester. No glorious spring weather either, it was as bleak as rambling gets The camera spent most of the route hidden away from the sleet, whilst I concentrated on not getting trench foot.
The route starts at a lay-by on the A422, heads up through Crowle on lanes to Netherwood Cottages. Terra Firma left behind on a slosh to Sale Green and Huddington before the real grief starts in the poorly signposted flooded farmland and through Bow Wood.
A miserable beast of the field, Crowle Church peeking through the New Builds |
Old Crowle |
When the Floor of Bow wood is a Mud Fest - Look Up |
The final part of the walk was meant to be be through Court Farm, but I could take no more mud. There is a footpath along the A422, which provided safety from everything apart from the log flume splashes of cars speeding through the puddles.
With no pub to report, I will turn the blog into a gear review.
Goretex GTX doesn't really work.
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