Chiburde Round by Lansdown
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We arrived at the suggested parking and were suited, booted and ready for the off around 8am. It was a very pleasant walk of just over 6.5 miles, taking 3 hours 15 minutes
There were 27 smilies in the series (1 of which was a bonus where you need to collect info from caches) plus 3 on the route providing you solve a puzzle before going.
The terrain was mostly flat and very easy going, it was pretty cold so the floor was nice and firm for us.
The walk takes in Kibworth Harcourt, Kibworth Beauchamp and a section of the Grand Union Canal (Leicester section).
The route follows footpaths, bridle paths and pavements. It is suitable for children and dogs.
Julia and myself had a success rate of 30/30 :) and she gained her 500th en route.Congrats buddy :)
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| Julia's 500th cache.....Woohoo! |
puzzling by stevens family
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After we completed Chiburde Round we got back to the car and moved on to do 4 puzzle caches - Puzzling 1, 2,4 & 5...not sure why there was no number 3. puzzling 1 gave me a d/t of 4.5-2.5 for my grid.
None of the puzzles were too difficult but good fun.
They consisted of 3 trads and 1 multi and could have easily been walked as a diversion to the Chiburde Round, they took us under a hour to complete.
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| Puzzling 5 - score 100 |
We did enjoy these puzzles and they broke the day up nicely.
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| Julia achieved 100 first |
After completing puzzles we walked back to car and did 1 drive by and then parked up in a liitle village called Foxton, where the main attraction for myself anyway was the puzzle:
''Swinging down the lane'' 2.0
http://coord.info/GCZE89
The puzzle itself I worked out but with a big chunk of help off a kind American lady, the cache was an easy find but was my 5000th (and familys of course). Being a true Basketcase I forgot to have photo taken here due to the distraction of passers by I guess. So pic below is 2 caches later on:
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| Number 5000 |
Parish Ramble by Lansdown
http://coord.info/GC3ADGP
We did number 30 as a drive by on the way to suggested parking. It was a then a pleasant walk to 1st cache where I had my milestone photo taken. The walk was again just over 6.5 miles.
There were 30 smilies in the series (1 of which was a letterbox hybrid) which took us 3 hours 20 mins to complete.
The terrain was mostly flat and very easy going, it had warmed up a bit so was pretty muddy in places but that always adds to the fun.
The walk takes in the villages of Arnesby, Shearsby, Bruntingthorpe and Peatling Magna.
The route follows footpaths, bridle paths and pavements with just a short section of road. There are a total of four churches, four pubs and a restaurant on the route. It is suitable for children and dogs.
Julia and myself had a success rate of 30/30 :)
Total caches bagged = 68.
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| She's up to something! |
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| Some friends we made. |
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