This trip included my partner in crime Jules of the Bedfords, Ash [Monki] and Nikki (BlueNora) who were with me on the 151 trip, Griff aka Dave (BaggieDave), James (Pfaffabouters) and Emma (Shorty Pfaffabouter).....the last 3 just down for the day whilst the rest of us were staying in the Premier Inn at Norman Cross.
We met up at 8am at a McDonalds near Kettering and after a drink and bite to eat we headed off to first planned series of the day.
Old Weston Outback
http://coord.info/GC306TB
The Old Weston Outback is a walk of under 6 miles taking in footpaths, bridleways and quiet lanes. There are 26 caches plus one other enroute and two others with a slight diversion.
There are no hills on the walk and no stiles as far as I can remember, we didn't come across any cattle either which is always a bonus.
The walk started of with a walk through a recently ploughed field, so by the time we got to the other side we had all grown a few inches in height.
 |
| Team Adix |
 |
| It was a long slog through this huge field. |
 |
| Here's the blue skies we ordered. |
I think our group size was just right and it was nice to get to chat to everyone at some point and of course there was plenty of banter , the friendly type of course.
We clocked up just over 6.5 miles with the diversions and were then back at our cars for a food / drinks break...
Buckworth Blitz
http://coord.info/GC31C1N
So a quick few minutes drive and we were parking up ready to begin our second series of the day.
The Buckworth Blitz is a walk of 31 caches plus 1 more enroute, it clocks up just over 6 miles on footpaths and country lanes..... there were no cattle on this route.
We had a few more freshly ploughed fields to cross on this series but they didn't produce as much clod (is clod a word?) on our boots.
 |
| Loving the sunshine |
 |
| Another cache in the bag! |
So another enjoyable walk over and surprisngly it's much warmer than forecast, it's so much more fun caching in the sunshine.
 |
| Buckworth church |
The church micro was a little off the route (even though the church wasn't) so we drove to it on the way to next series.
Broughton Bananarama by poshrule
http://coord.info/GC3WGXT
The Broughton Bananarama is a walk of approx 7.5 miles with 36 caches and 4 more on route. The going is easy with flat footpaths and byways, there are just a few stiles towards the end.
I think this was personally my favourite walk of the day and it was a bonus to finish it in daylight which I think none of us expected.
 |
| Sign at start of walk. |
 |
| An alpaca taking interest in us. |
We did meet another caching team during the walk but to be honest they weren't fussed about stopping and chatting.... a shame really as we are all very sociable.
 |
| Mr Pfaffabouter and shorty |
 |
| Almost done yay. |
We arrived back at the parking in full daylight even though it wouldn't last long before it disappeared.
We said goodbye to Dave, James and Emma and then made our way to the Premier Inn at Norman's Cross for the night
Another day with over 100 caches in the bag.
So after a nice meal at a pub and an earlyish night it was back on the trail again today.
I had noted 2 series that could be walked together as a kind of figure of eight. The walk was just over 8 miles and reeled in 40 smilies.
Ailsworth Amble by poshrule
http://coord.info/GC39F3C
The Ailsworth Amble is a walk of 20 caches with 1 other on the route.
Castor Canter by poshrule
http://coord.info/GC2WC6P
The Castor Canter is a series of 15 cache's with 4 others available within the route. The walk is just under 5 miles if done on its own.
Both of the series combined made it an ideal length of walk as we all wanted to be back home in the midlands at a sensible time.
For Trig loers there is one on the way round.
 |
| Bagging the small trigpoint. |
 |
| It is warmer than Jules makes it look haha. |
Well once back at the car we decided that was it and we would now go separate ways. Nikki wanted a cache in Lincolnshire and Jules and I wanted to get LQ Cambs and LQ Rutland.
Jules and I headed for LQ Cambs first but stopped for a few drive by's on the way.
LQ:CAMBS - The Green Man by The Klever Boys
A lovely area of open green land with a lovely church and some fantastic trees. It is really a cache and dash but in a picturesque place.
 |
| Seen from cache site. |
Next stop was a quick drive by and then onto another Little Quest cache.
LQ:RUTLAND - Luffa's Ham by Jonovich
The route to the cache takes you through a church yard & past the beautiful parish church, over an old stone stile, across a field and down to the River Chater.
The cache container is a lovely big ammo can.
We did one last cache near by and then headed home.
Yet another fantastic time was had by all.......
Total smilies bagged over weekend = 158
No comments:
Post a Comment