There was the usual Imp’s event to go to first, this time in Leek, and on my way over to Leek I got stuck in terrible traffic as the ‘Rock The Moor’ festival was emptying out, which was good for the Mega as some of the services (toilets, showers, generators) for the campsite were coming off the festival field and on to Uttoxeter.
I was not held up so much that I didn’t have time to go find a set of Labs at Tittesworth reservoir

1st August 2022 – Tittesworth Trail Lab Cache – The Iron Green Man – cache #5949
There is a visitor centre at the reservoir, useful for the toilets if nothing else, the statue is next to the centre

1st August 2022 – Tittesworth Trail Lab Cache – The Gazebo – cache #5950

1st August 2022 – Tittesworth Trail Lab Cache – The Big Chair – cache #5951

1st August 2022 – Tittesworth Trail Lab Cache – Take a Seat – cache #5952

1st August 2022 – Tittesworth Trail Lab Cache – Roaches View – cache #5953

1st August 2022 – The Imp Takes a Leek – Community Celebration Event – GC – cache #5954
This year the Imp’s event was held in the bandstand at Brough park in Leek, I was struggling a little with my leg as I had done a fair bit of walking the previous couple of days, so I wasn’t too impressed that the Bandstand was nowhere near either the Car Park or the town centre!

It seems that the West Midlands have gone for horseshoes for their Log sheets

1st August 2022 – Brough Park Bimble Lab Cache – Bandstand – cache #5955
There was a set of labs round the park, one being at the Bandstand, so I started there as I was there already

1st August 2022 – Brough Park Bimble Lab Cache – Ornamental Pond – cache #5956

1st August 2022 – Brough Park Bimble Lab Cache – Brough Park Fields – cache #5957

1st August 2022 – Brough Park Bimble Lab Cache – Church Hill – cache #5958
The town centre was down the hill from the Bandstand, and then up the bigger (and steeper) hill to the church

1st August 2022 – Leek Church Wander Lab Cache – St Edward the Confessor Church – cache #5959
Two sets of Labs in the town centre, so I started the first one at the main church

1st August 2022 – Leek – Queen of the Moorlands Lab Cache – St Edward the Confessor’s Church – cache #5960
…. and then I started the second set at the main church

1st August 2022 – Leek – Queen of the Moorlands Lab Cache – Olde Grammar School and Maude Institute – cache #5961

1st August 2022 – Leek – Queen of the Moorlands Lab Cache – Greystones 17th Century House – cache #5962

1st August 2022 – Leek – Queen of the Moorlands Lab Cache – Market Place and Butter Cross – cache #5963

1st August 2022 – Leek Church Wander Lab Cache – Trinity Church – cache #5964

1st August 2022 – Leek Church Wander Lab Cache – St Mary’s Catholic Church – cache #5965

1st August 2022 – Leek Church Wander Lab Cache – All Saints Church – cache #5966

1st August 2022 – Leek – Queen of the Moorlands Lab Cache – Nicholson War Memorial – cache #5967

1st August 2022 – Leek Church Wander Lab Cache – St Luke’s Church – cache #5968

1st August 2022 – Brough Park Bimble Lab Cache – Park gates – cache #5969
Finally for the last Lab cache in Leek, back to the set round the park, I had started at the bandstand where the event was and finished them back in the car park where I had parked for the event.

1st August 2022 – A warm welcome to you all GC9MDXF – cache #5970
And finally we get to the Mega location itself, Uttoxeter is a pretty small place, The Mega was being held on the Racecourse, I had booked a room at the nearest hotel to the racecourse, and fortunately there was pedestrian access through the railway station straight into the racecourse.
The Welcome event was being held in Uttoxeter town centre, which was only a couple of hundred yards away from where I was staying… the Town Crier came and opened the event, then I headed into the nearby Wetherspoons for something to eat !