Somerset Saunters

It's finally stopped raining, and with the day promised fair I decided to make the most of it. A long drive down into Somerset to explore poshrule's out-of-his-usual-area offerings, starting with the Babcary Bounce. This kind of trail is poshrule's speciality; no complications, no 'clever' stuff, just lots of caches close together on a good walking route.

Ford at Babcary #3; not passable on foot!

This particular series has 35 caches, set over a distance of 5½ miles. A mainly flat route along bridleways and big wide fieldside paths, with a small amount of (very quiet) country lane walking. Given all the rain we've had recently it wasn't a surprise to find that much of the route was muddy and damp, but it was still mostly easy walking, with just a slightly harder section from #24 to #31. All the caches set to be easily found, and so they were. This first stroll was completed in 2hrs45. Then it was off down the road to Charlton, to tackle the Charlton Crusade - but not before stopping off for the odd Church Micro or two.

Church Micro 2877...Keinton Mandeville

The Crusade is a smaller route at just 3.8 miles, with 19 caches. Another typical poshrule effort, it proved to be a 'cleaner' trail than the first, much less in the way of mud and puddles. I sped around it, bagging all the caches on offer, in just 1hr35. This left me time to bag a couple more Church Micros.

Overhead entertainment on the Charlton trail

Ended the day with 60 caches, including 4 Church Micros, and no DNFs. With a good traffic-free journey home, I even made it back in time to watch the football; which I'm doing right now..

poshrule's OK

poshrule, the UK's most prolific cache hider (although he does have strong competition), has been busy of late setting out some new trails. This afternoon, with the weather not looking as damp as it had promised to be, I decided to check out the Elton Eclipse. At 5 miles this is shorter than most of poshrule's offerings, so provided a nice post-lunch stroll.

Stepping stones shortcut (you don't have to take it!)

It's a flat easy-going route, all off-road, with 24 easy to find caches. No cows today - which was nice. I completed it in a comfortable 2hrs15, bagging a Church Chapel Micro along the way.

Church Micro 4043... Nassington

To date poshrule has hidden 1680 caches; I've been lucky enough to find 1394 of them. I've discovered he is venturing into new territory; now planning a trip to tackle the Babcary Bounce and Charlton Crusade trails.. when the weather improves.