Caching crazy

AR11: Fields around Kimblewick - Monday 9 February 2015

 Pip was distinctly unimpressed about going walking this morning! It's probably because he was happily napping in a warm car before I decided to put him in the carrier out in the cold! I do need to reassure you that his mood did improve and he chatted to me most of the way round, though I have no photos of him awake today.

The walk started at The Swan pub in Great Kimble and then crossed through two very muddy fields. It was very slippy and very hard work, especially as my boots gradually collected more and more mud - I must have been carrying a lot of extra weight!

After the mud there was a lovely stretch down the entrance road to a farm - I tried to take some photos of the buds on the trees but couldn't get the camera to focus properly. After this road there was yet more fields and mud - definitely a theme this month!

Can you spot it?

Today was a very successful caching day with 4 caches found:
- AR15 Pochard - Grove Lane: a nice quick find in a multi-trunked tree near the railway (that I was unable to pass on a previous walk). Part of the tree had been felled but the cache was still tucked away in it's hiding place.
- AR16 Pochard - New Farm: this cache was the reward for traipsing across the huge muddy field!
- AR18 Pochard - Stile-ish: I love finding caches after the previous cacher logged a DNF (did not find), there's something very satisfying. Though I do need to admit that this find was more luck than skill...
- AR19 Pochard - Kimblewick Farm: This was the furthest cache of today and was under a stile. There was a surprise bonus as it contained a bright orange rabbit travel bug - these are items which travel between caches with an aim or journey.
On the way past I also revisited AR17 Pochard - Kimblewick Road to pick up the bonus code. Each cache contains a letter and number which are then used to work out the co-ordinates of the Bonus Cache. I just need one more letter/number now and have 7 possible caches in which to find it!

Enjoying the walk!

Walk 11
Date: Monday 9 February 2015
From: Grove Lane
To: Middle of a field near Kimblewick Farm
Distance: 2.6 miles
Total Ascent: 164ft
Route Description: Fields
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Ave Speed: 2mph
Weather: Cold and sunny
Region: Buckinghamshire
Walking With: Pip
Path: Aylesbury Ring
Map: https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zbgVN-iW56BQ.kaNBoT9lLlXY