Frozen

AR Walk 9: Great Kimble - Monday 2 February 2015

So, after two months of no walks Pip and I finally made it out to attempt the next section of the Aylesbury Ring. Well it wasn't the next section as that wasn't particularly pushchair friendly so we went for another section. Unfortunately a mile of the walk was alongside the busy Risborough/Aylesbury Road - I'm pleased to have got this part of the walk out of the way!

It was nice to finally get on with finding some caches too... We had a list of 4 possibles to look for. The first one we got to was a Church Micro in Little Kimble church - the instructions said to go to the furthest corner but I couldn't see a way of easily getting the pushchair across the graveyard so decided not to continue. The second cache was AR13 Pochard - Great Kimble: I had a good idea of the location from my drive-by a couple of weeks ago but was stumped as to which road sign to look on. The one on my side of the road was for 'Little Kimble', whereas 'Great Kimble' was across a busy road. But the CO had been kind and did not expect us to recross the road and the cache (pictured) was quickly found.

 Once I made it off the road there was a long field section. As the temperature was subzero (car thermometer registered -2oC) the mud was frozen solid making it pretty easy for the pushchair. Kissing gates and stairs were what foiled us though!

 Although we were unable to make it any further, I was pleased to pick up another cache this side of the railway. AR14 Porchard - Off the Rails was another easy find though I had to be careful as there was a lady walking her dog near by (known as Doggles in the caching world!).

 On the return leg (one of the disadvantages of doing this walk alone) I stopped off in Great Kimble church to gather information for another Church Micro. While I was wandering around the church I noticed some beautiful snowdrops poking up... Such a delicate flower!
Most of the information was gathered, though I will have to look for some on-line as the rain obscured some vital details. I'll return to pick up the final cache another day.

Walk 9
Date: Monday 2 February 2015
From: Little Kimble All Saints Church
To: Railway line
Distance: 2 miles
Total Ascent: 72ft
Route Description: Footpath next to road, fields
Duration: 1 hour
Ave Speed: 1.8mph
Weather: Cold and sunny (-2oC)
Region: Buckinghamshire
Walking With: Pip
Path: Aylesbury Ring
Map: https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zbgVN-iW56BQ.kaNBoT9lLlXY