Eardiston Traditional Cache

New Year, new caches!

I was pretty disappointed to find no "little bridge" here, as it was marked on my map. the stepping stones are useful, but lets not get ahead of ourselves!

This is a 4.3 mile walk with 21 caches around the lovely Ruton XI Towns, an odd name that I just HAD to come and explore! The caches are mostly small tupperware boxes that I was gifted, with the odd micro and one nano.

There is ample parking at Doctors Meadows, it just feels a little odd driving through the housing estate to get to it. The locals are very friendly. A terrain rating of 3 is given for the length of the walk, except for caches where there are additional hazards.
The walk is fairly flat on well defined paths, there is one diversion from the established footpath which I have circled on the attached picture of the route. You need to go through a gate, up the centre of the paddocks and then back onto the footpath.

You'll take in Doctors Meadow, the old quarry, an old toll house, Platt bridge, downt to the Arboretum and accross the fields to the Cliffe viewpoint, which offers the finest view in Shropshire (apparently, it was misty and raining when I visited!). Back down into the town past Big Walls and to the Chruch and remains of the castle.