The Series of caches is along the River Cole linking the Cole
Challenge with the Urban Meets Rural Series. When setting out the
caches I have seen many different birds including a green
woodpecker, a heron and a kingfisher; surprising given we are well
inside the city.
Inspired by the radio series and books this series never quite
knows how many there are, so there will be more than a trilogy and
some will be hard to understand. An infinite improbability drive
should not be required. They can be done individually or as a
series. There are no codes to note down for a bonus cache.
Most of the tracks are fairly mud free and are actually
tarmaced. Most are fairly easy terrain and should be accessible to
buggies and bikes though Zarniwoop and Krikit would require lifting
over/up/down steps. There are no stiles on the route and frequent
stops for refuelling or relief opportunities.
There are plenty of other caches either along the route or small
detours away. As the series is a linier route a possible return
route along the roads collecting caches could be done I will leave
it up to you to plot a route. A possible starting point would be
Sarehole Mill (the car park is waymarked), if you go north and then
come back south Hobbit Hide is well worth the effort.
Alternatively, the North end of the series is fairly close to Small
Heath Station, with Yardley Wood Station near the other end if you
don’t fancy retracing your steps. The walk there and back is
about 6 miles.
There are several roads to cross the more major ones have
crossings but Brook Lane does not so take extra care here. As the
series follows the river, care of mini cachers should be taken and
if your dogs like swimming then you are likely to get wet.
There is no need to fight your way through the undergrowth paths
take you to well within 5m.
The initial cache contents Marble, Corn Pin, Medal, Pen and Log
book