Monday 16th November
We had planned a walk but just as I was loading up the GPS a new cache came in at Zouch. We changed our plans and decided to walk there instead. We parked in the little car park in Zouch and walked along the road towards the river. We were first to find the cache which was by the wier. The river was flowing fast so was quite impressive over the wier. We crossed the road and walked along the canal and river towards Sutton Bonington. We were aiming for the Soar Navigation cache but realized after a while that we were on the wrong lane. We continued to Sutton Bonington and then headed across the fields towards Kegworth. It turned out that we were doing the walk backwards as I had planned the field walk for the return route. However, it was quite pleasant and not as muddy as we had expected. We eventually got to the river and the new Kegworth lock. The cache was hidden near the old Kegworth lock which we didn’t realize was there. It was on the other side of the canal and involved walking carefully across the lock gates. The old lock has been filled in but the top of the rotting wooden gates could still be seen. We found the cache and then walked beside the river for the rest of the walk back to Zouch. There were plenty of ducks on the water so it was quite atmospheric walking along the towpath in the dusk. We found the Soar Navigation cache which we had missed on the way out, by which time it was getting dark. We got back to the car at a bout 4.30 after having walked about 9km - a nice short afternoon walk.
Overnight in Glen Banchor
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