The cache contains a log book. Bring your own pencil. Make sure
it's very sharp. It's a very small cache. It's not a micro; it
isn't even a nano. You might call it a pico, maybe. You can initial
the log; use no more than two letters. You might need tweezers;
very fine-nosed tweezers.
Latimer is quite small, and fairly obscure. It's so small, BT
has threatened to removed the phone box in a few weeks, but that
was a year ago, and they haven't killed it yet. I'm placing this
cache so that people can enjoy the phone box while it's still
there.
There's only one phone box in Latimer (there could be none
soon), so you can't really go wrong.
Latimer was the location used in the Department S episode, "The
Pied Piper of Hambledown." The episode first aired: Sept/30/1969. I
got that Fascinating Fact from Wikipedia; I haven't a clue what it
means.
There's an underground station called Chalfont and Latimer but
don't be fooled into thinking that it's anywhere near Latimer. It's
in Little Chalfont, miles and miles from Latimer. I suppose they
called it Chalfont and Latimer to appease the angry Latimites, who
would otherwise have rioted for their own branch line.
There's a nice little triangular village green with a pump on
it, and a sort of roof on the pump. Very charming. Don't drink the
water. More importantly, you can probably park there; I have,
there's usually some room.
If you stand outside the phone box, you might be able to hear
the nearby wind chimes tinkling. Depending on the wind. That's as
close as you'll get in Latimer to "exciting". If it's raining, get
into the phone box, then you won't get wet.
The phone box is marked on the OS map, so you shouldn't have too
much trouble finding it. Finding the cache might be a bit harder,
though. It's very small.
If you've become interested in Latimer, you can read about it
here.
But there isn't much to read. Latimer is pretty small. Not even big
enough for a phone box, according to BT.
Congratulations to two newbie cachers Appaloosadude and
titchypup for beating the FTF-specialists and getting FTF.