EBE caching series

Thursday 1st October
We decided on a walk today so drove to Etwall , in Derbyshire to do the WebRats EBE series (Etwall - Burnaston - Etwall).
The first problem arose when I overtook some lorries so did not see the signpost. We were at Utoxeter before we realised so had to turn round at the roundabout and go back about 10 miles. We parked in Etwall and set off along the road. This series had 16 caches in it so they were placed at fairly regular distances along the route. We soon left the road and set off along the border of the Toyota factory and into some very nice woodland. We found the Dave reincarnation cache, a bit off the beaten track, and also a cache which was disabled -not quite sure why, as it was clearly visible from the track and was well stocked.
We walked beside a stream for a while and then stopped by a bridge to enjoy a sandwich and a cup of coffee before walking onto the road which led to Burnaston. Here we diverted to find one of JustAlans puzzle caches. I had solved all these caches a while ago and this was the first time we had been in the vicinity to find one. Unfortunately this cache was not in a good condition so we have emailed the cache owner to do some maintainance.
We sat on a bench in front of the village hall in Burnaston for a coffee and then continued the walk. The next cache was near a barn, in a field of cows. I found the cache and hastily signed it before the cows became too nosey. We passed into some woodland and the cache listing here stated that it was the site of a secret nuclear bunker from the 60's. There is nothing there now as the site has been filled with farm rubbish but it was quite interesting to know the history of the area. Another Justalan puzzle cache was found, which involved me climbing through a hedge ad rummaging around an old tree stump before we were soon heading back towards Etwall having found about 20 caches, which has taken us into the top 1000 UK cachers. WooHoo!
We had walked about 9km so stopped at the Seven Wells in Etwall for our tea and to give the traffic time to ease off. We had two fish and chips for £9!