Hawley Lake is a short drive from where we live, and is MoD land, so you have the usual scary notices telling you not to touch suspicious objects! Apparently you can sometimes stumble across soldiers on bridge-building training.
We certainly pushed the buggies to their limit on this walk. A day and a walk around the civilised (well, mud-free) surroundings of Milton Keynes later and mine is still coated in mud. I bought a buggy based on how small it folded up (small house and small car) not how well it would deal with mud and puddles! I'm still thinking of a way I can get an offroader...
We hit the caches in the following order:
Sam had already found Common Place and had to come and nudge me in the right direction. A cannily hidden film canister. Silent Sentry 5 was very easy. Common View was great! As the name suggests we got fantastic views from the location, and it was in open heathland, so a real test of our hunting skills, and one you would never find without a GPS. Blue Egg - well the clue is in the name, so it was easy to find!
We walked over 7km in total, here is our track:
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ETA: Photos from Sam!
Spot the cache:
Wonderful view:
Funky tree!:
I like your blog. I'll send you the photos of Hawley, maybe you can add them.
ReplyDeletethanks! I need to get better at taking them. I should have taken some of us going up that "track" that was little more than a muddy path!
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