Allotment, Geocaching, Homebrew, Walks 'n Stuff

Start/Finish : 54°25.187′N, 1°11.487′W (Lord Stones Cafe)
Total length : 9.5 miles
Time taken : 5 Hours
Min Elevation : 638ft
Max Elevation : 1384ft
Total Ascent : 2200ft – our biggest ever!

This was a circular walk from Lord Stones Cafe over to the Wainstones and across Cold Moor. I hadn’t realised how hard going this walk was going to be. It was up and down and then back up straight away with hardly any nice easy flat parts! This was out slowest walk we have ever done. Still had time to grab a couple of caches (Wainstones and Sit and see)and drop off our Gecko travelbug.

It was a strange day weather wise, it started off in mist and about 5C and finished in glorious sun 20C+. There were several time we didn’t think we could finish this walk and there were about 20 cows that didn’t want us to either. With 2 miles left to go a herd of cow started to stamp and kept blocking our path. It wasn’t a fun experience and the only way passed was to climb over some barbed wire fences and run over a field.. damn scary cows!

Up to Lord Stones for a pint and chip butties… shattered!!!

GPX file of the walk

Cold Moor Panorama

Elevation of walk

Well we took the plunge and bought 2 more clownfish a week ago. We were very nervous about getting any more, but they have settled in nicely and are eating frozen and flake (wish the Cardinal would eat flake!!!)

A few pics, poor ones of the clowns as they never keep still! The sand is starking to look filthy so vacuuming it at the weekend when doing a water change, plus getting some Nassarius snails and Cerith Snails to keep it clean.

Just put up my brassicas cage of debris netting, hose pipe and bamboo sticks. That should keep the pigeons and cabbage white butterflies off!!

Planted out “some” Brocolli and Cauliflowers under the netting. Broad Been plants stuck in as well…At some point in the last week or 2 I also sowed the following rows. Carrots, purple top turnip, beetroot, cos lettuce, and something else not labelled – ho hum