Monday 24th February 2014
If I had to pinpoint a moment when the geocaching bug really bit me I'd have to say it was the day before this wonderful walk!
Two days ago a geocaching extravaganza had been published: seven interlinking walks with a total of 383 caches leading to one final super-bonus box! The theme was 'The Alien Landings' & the search was on to find the Black Box from their crashed 'Mothership'.... how could I not investigate when this was so close to home?!
I'd tackled my chosen first stage yesterday, walking out of Wincle (home of a fine micro-brewery), & was now back with Les to see how close we could get to securing our first alien!
Two days ago a geocaching extravaganza had been published: seven interlinking walks with a total of 383 caches leading to one final super-bonus box! The theme was 'The Alien Landings' & the search was on to find the Black Box from their crashed 'Mothership'.... how could I not investigate when this was so close to home?!
I'd tackled my chosen first stage yesterday, walking out of Wincle (home of a fine micro-brewery), & was now back with Les to see how close we could get to securing our first alien!
A field-full of friendly alpacas, on our way south through rolling-farmland towards the A54
The 'Wild Boar' Inn on the main A54 road - didn't look too busy... and the pub wasn't open!
Took a bit of a detour 'to cut off a corner' & ended up wandering by some wonderful places!
Knew that, at some point, we were heading up to the top of that flat-topped hill.... but that was going to be a totally different alien!
Les below Shutlingsloe - wasn't going to be the last time I could say that!
A splendid diversion to Oakenclough &, at last, an open pub.... overlooking the route of our morning outward jaunt!
'The Hanging Gate'.... with a postal address of Langley though it's quite some distance & a good deal higher than the village itself!
Splendid spot & my 10th new pub of the year!
The fourth highest pub in England, it's been serving ale since 1621!
Don't know much about this outpost of Sutton Lane Ends but if the village sign is anything to go by it's the source of many of Shakespeare's plays... a lot of his plots were based on Hollinshead's Chronicles!
On our way down, now, to the muddiest of conclusions... but an excellent day, for all of that!
A geocaching 'trackable', whose owner had wanted it to be left in places with interesting names... I had been aiming for 'Hanging Gate' but that looked a little vulnerable: left it a little lower midst Pot Lords, Fernlee & Lowerhouse!
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