Very quick update with a few pictures of my Patty Pan Squash and Tomatos
Walk
Start/Finish : 54°18.701′N, 1°16.889′W
Total length : 8 miles
Time taken : too long!!!
Min Elevation : 519ft
Max Elevation : 1227ft
Total Ascent : 1115ft
Well this was an interesting day walking/caching. Was supposed to be a quick 2 hours 5-6 mile blast while taking in 6 or 7 caches. It all started off nicely after a steep climb of 700ft in the 1st 1.3 miles to cache number 1 Jurassic Limestone which had stunning views. Shame I went to the bottom of the quarry 1st and the cache was at the top. Then it was a nice yomp over the heather to get back on track to find Rich Life again wonderful views. Then had a jog over to 4Candles which was supposed to be the start of a 3 cache series. 45 mins later I couldn’t find the bugger (I have since found out from the owner that it has vanished!!!!!!). During the hunt I stumbled into a very wet marshy area almost up to my knees, so feet, boots and socks were soaking wet and I mean soaking wet!!! Disheartened I wandered over to Close to Sneck another DNF!!! The owner confirms it is there and it can be seen from 30 yards… great I must be blind!
So off I pop to Yorkshire’s Finest didn’t make it as my damn phone ran out of battery life, so not a DNF. So here I was in the middle of nowhere and lost lost lost…. Lucky for me I managed to stumble across a path which lead back up to the Cleveland Way and I could back track the way I came. this added on several miles and meant I had to go back up hill before I could jog back down to Kepwick.
Jumped in the car did 10 mins of recharging the phone and then decided to go get my last cache of the day Monumental and boy it was monumental. A monument at the top of a hill which marks the death of John Henry Boyer Warner, who died aged 42 in 1891. Amazing place shame it is so overgrown.
TB taken from Rich Life – “Gunnaur, India” Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug
Funny old day caching…… but worth it.
Panorama from Jurassic Limestone
Panorama from Rich Life
Well after 2 years we decided to give our 3 Goldlines a new home and they are now happy living with a new flock of chickens. To replace them we decided to get 4 new chickens which are a mixture of breeds. So we have 1 Amber Star, 1 White star, 1 Bluebelle and a Gold star.
