Back to Devizes

I mentioned to [monki] a couple of weeks ago that there was an event down Devizes and did he fancy it, well a few days later whilst being out on the Brewood Bonanza trail he announced he was up for it and so did Lime Candy.
Walking wood also showed an interest in coming so that was it....Devizes here we come.

[monki] picked myself and Lime Candy up from her abode at 7am and we picked Walking Wood up near M5 J6. We stopped off for brekkie at McD's and then hit the first series of the day shortly after 9am.

Stan’s Sausage Series by Stanthews

http://coord.info/GC2ZEVC

Stan's Sausage series is approx 7 miles with 35 caches, there is also a little bridge cache that can be picked up enroute. The series is in a figure of 8 so it can be done in two smaller rings if prefered.
The series is mainly flat but there is a bit of an incline between #25 and #28. Most of the tracks and paths across fields were under water and/or very muddy but it is October after all and besides mud is fun.

A good start to the day.

 

 

 

WW signing the logbook.

This was a nice walk with all the caches being easy to find. The mud obviously slowed the pace down, but there's no fun in rushing.

A laugh a minute today :)

Dry rather than wet mud hehe.

So 36 caches out of 36 found and time to move on to the next series of the day.

The Westbrook and Chittoe Ring  by Stanthews

http://coord.info/GC1W3WA

The Westbrook and Chittoe Ring is a series of 21 caches with #21 being the bonus cache, there are also 2 little bridges caches on or slightly off route.
The terrain today was very muddy and slippy in places and more inclines than previous series.
Unfortunately I had to quit series after #6 as I was feeling unwell.
I went to rest in car while the others completed this nice series, when I get chance to get back down this way I will be sure to do #7 onwards.

The others finished the series and moved the car to grab the bonus cache and then we all headed off to the nearby event.

The Wiltshire Event #27 by Stanthews

http://coord.info/GC3XB96

Surprisingly by the time we got to the event I was feeling a fair bit better but have a feeling that was mainly due to the hospitality we received, from the moment we entered the room Stan the host looked after us.

I wonder if event is here?.

We had some good geochat with Stan and Celia & Ron aka Ailec Nor and then the south reviewer Southerntrekker came over and we had a good chat with him too.
It was also great to have Stowford Press on draught so I had a couple of those while Walking Wood & Lime Candy sampled the beers.

Chilled out nicely.

As we had completed Stan's Sausage series earlier in the day we decided that we should all have sausage and chips, so it was good to sit at a table to eat and wash it down with another drink.
We laughed and chatted away with new friends Celia, Ron and Stan and Stan even serenaded us before we had to call it a day and head for home.

Some fab new friends.

 

Smiles all round. Picture by Ron (Ailec Nor)