Today’s little outing was to Wheatley Wood, a patch of land just to the west of Rayleigh. It’s a bit of a noman’s land, but there are public footpaths which crisscross the area.
Under The Pylon
One section is dominated by a huge pylon – but that was rather convenient for finding the cache, since it was at the bottom!
Autumn Colours
There were some lovely Autumnal colours on show today, as well as a few windfall apples on the ground. I must admit they didn’t look too appetising – so I left them where they were!
Today’s trip was a drive to the East Peckham area in Kent to pick up some specific Challenge Caches with some high DTs. One location was a rather well-laden orchard with some tasty looking apples clustered on the trees.
Cider In The Making?
I headed for a Letterbox cache which was clearly near the site of an old pub – all that remained was an empty sign!
The Pub Has Closed
Of course, Kent is famed for its Oast Houses and there was a particularly fine example on one part of my walk.
Oast House Country
Last night I had a notification that yet another cache in the excellent Common Genius series on Danbury Common had been published. While I was out in Kent, I checked the phone to see if any finds had been logged yet. Nope. But I was reasonably convinced that someone would have had a go at it by now. However, I thought I would give it a punt on the way home anyway.
I arrived at the car park and it was already dark. Previously, I would not have attempted it, but having found 20 in the dark the other day, I wasn’t phased. Arrived at GZ with head torch and hand torch. Aha! Another field puzzle, which thankfully I quickly sorted out. OOOOh! And a lovely blank log sheet. FTF No. 38 – don’t mind if I do!
