An English Church in an English Countryside. by ladymagpie

An English Church in an English Countryside.

I hope your're sitting comfortable as I have a tale of my Geocaching exploits of yesterday. I went to a small village called Nympsfield on top of the Cotswold Hills and the cache was located next to the St. Bartholomew Church in the picture above.

I saw the cache on a sign post just inside the field opposite the church, but to get at it I had to get between an old gate post and a Cotswold dry stone wall.

I gave up on my first attempt as I was much wider in all directions than the space. A good breath in for the second attempt, I was almost stuck fast and was really jammed in, I could see the local newspaper headline, "Fire Brigade sent to rescue Lady Magpie who was stuck in a stone wall". I managed to wriggle free and wondered whether to give up. No, the third attempt I manged to squeeze my rotund shape through, like a cork coming out of a bottle, and sign the log book. Now I had to get back which I managed again with a lot of movement and dislodging of stonework, I'm just glad that being in the countryside nobody was watching.

I consoled myself by taking the church picture for my 365 friends, now stop laughing will you.
A fav before I read the story and a double fav after hearing the tale. If you had been stuck, I'm sure you would have taken a very nice capture of your rescuers and I would have faved that too. LOL!
June 20th, 2014  
oh dear stuck between a rock and a hard place :-))
I will always think of you now when I hear that said. smashing shot of the church
June 20th, 2014  
Lovely church shot....... like your choice of framing too
June 20th, 2014  
I just read the story line for this....... so funny, hope you didn't suffer too many bruises !!
June 20th, 2014  
Beautiful shot
June 20th, 2014  
Great shot!
June 20th, 2014  
Another super shot and love your Tale ! Fav
June 20th, 2014  
@linnypinny @philcameron59 @dizzyd @ziggy77 @elisasaeter @thresheg Thank you all for taking time out to comment and give FAV, really appreciate it.
June 20th, 2014  
Super shot - great framing
June 20th, 2014  
Great story and photo for me to giggle at for breakfast! Thanks. However, I'm sure you should have set your camera up and taken a photo of yourself stuck in a hard place! Fav
June 20th, 2014  
Glad you made it ok! :-). Lovely church on a brilliant summer day!
June 20th, 2014  
@virtualbrownie @gilbertwood @congaree Thank you friends for your comments and FAV,s and Denise, couldn't photograph myself as the camera was stuck in the wall as well.
June 21st, 2014  
Next time you're stuck in that situation, make sure you have your camera in your hat :) Have a good adventurous weekend!
June 21st, 2014  
You would have been a sight come Sunday morning with everyone arriving for Church. And a great pic, too
June 21st, 2014  
A wonderful adventure and I'm glad you didn't give up! It would have been worth it just for the photo! :)
June 21st, 2014  
Amazing old church!
June 21st, 2014  
Great pic and great story Mammoth Cave in Kentucky has some tight spots as well
June 21st, 2014  
Love your caching adventure. Great place to find a cache.
June 21st, 2014  
Your tale of made me smile, a lovely old church
June 21st, 2014  
@kathiecb @khawbecker @quickshots @top2042 @juliac @snowy Thank you all for commenting and FAV's. I'm glad you like my tales, unfortunately they are true. Must tell you about my commando roll and being caught hugging a tree.
June 21st, 2014  
A beautiful English churchyard scene!! Love the story!! FAV!!
June 21st, 2014  
@carolmw Thanks Carol, appreciate your comments.
June 21st, 2014  
Fabulous capture - love your pov and frame - well done!
June 22nd, 2014  
Lovely story - made me smile! Great shot too!
June 22nd, 2014  
@ladymagpie Heather, we found our 900th cache that you might find interesting. http://365project.org/juliac/365/2014-06-14
June 24th, 2014  
@juliac Brilliant cache idea and well done on your 900th, I have a lot to go to catch up with you.
June 24th, 2014  
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