Upper Arley

Well Mrs.BCC was away for the weekend on a school reunion and Ben was staying at his cousins, so I had another day out caching this weekend.
It was a later than usual start as Jules had to do some stuff and I struggled to get ready with lots to do.
At around 11.20am Jules picked me up and we headed of towards Arley for the afternoon.

We did stop off on the way to bag a couple of caches Maisie Moo & JessieGoat. Both were found quickly and were right next to each other.

Kara n Keirons Upper Arley loop by blokiebloke

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A walk of around 5 miles taking in some lovely countryside along the river, reservoir and woods. There were 16 caches in the series plus a fair few more close by and on route.


We parked up on main carpark at side of river and paid £1 for the whole day, which is fantastic value.
We soon had first cache in hand as it was on the car park and then while Jules bought a pasty to scoff we decided to pop over the bridge to bag 2 on the other side which weren't in the series.

In front of Arley station.

We soon bagged A Ferry Nice Place! & Kara n Kierons SVR sidetracked, Arley and then had our photos taken at Arley station.

Back over the bridge and we were soon on PF at side of river and picking up more of the series. Paul (blokiebloke) does have some nice hides.

Some dodgy people in the woods.

The weather was gorgeous yet again and it was so lovely round by Trimpley reservoir. One of the caches here was on a bench so it was also a good excuse to have a drinks break and admire the lovely reservoir and blue skies.

Trimpley Reservoir
 

Severn Valley Railway.

As we left the reservoir area we had to cross the railway but had to hang on and admire the steam train going past first, this really is a lovely walk with lots of different settings.

Along the trail we also picked up Root to Lou's Loot & Simply Trimpley.

Some local cachers we bumped into

Jules needed the caches in the woods in which I had already found last year and whilst looking for those we bumped into cachers Cybermoley and Ace of Paynes, we had some quick geochat and then parted ways. Once exiting the woods it was through the last of the footpaths and on to the Arboretum where the series finished.

This walk really is lovely, we made it a lot longer by adding bits on but the kids will have a lot of fun doing this.

Total smilies bagged by myself today = 24