The Gog Magog hills, just south of Cambridge, are the highest
bit of land for some way to the south, west and east (about 10
kilometres in each direction). To the north, it is the highest bit
of land there is. There is no higher land than he top of the Gogs
all the way to the North Pole! On a clear day you should be able to
see all the way!
Wandlebury Country Park is owned and run by the Cambridge
Preservation Society. The park has some fascinating background,
being the site of an Iron age fort and source of many myths and
legends over the centuries since. Local children used to be told,
for instance, that the gods Gog and Magog were buried underneath
the hills.
Parking in the park's car park (in the clue) will cost you
£2, but there is free parking at N52°09.423'
E0°10.252' / TL486532. Alternatively, you can cycle for free,
and car parking is free for members of the CPS (cost
£15/year). Change is available from the cabin on Sundays. If
you do park at the free parking area, please be careful crossing
the road - there have been major works to make the road safer
recently, but it's still a fast road.
The location of this cache isn't particularly exciting in terms
of the view, but you can rest assured that looking north there is
no higher land for many thousands of miles (you'd have to go right
over the top of the world and hit north-eastern Russia to find
higher ground). There are trees in the way of the view, but if you
go through them, you'll be rewarded with lovely views across
Cambridge.
Make sure that you wander around the park and take in the fab
walks it has to offer and take the opportunity to read all the
signs with info about the site.
This is a virtual cache - email me the number of the OS Trig
Point at the co-ordinates. An example of a trig number is S8743.
The Sxxxx number is engraved on the trig pillar.
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Sheep Update - The park ranger
says: The field around the trig pillar has grazing sheep in it, and
they are Texel breed sheep. The shepherd doesn't mind people
entering the field where the sheep are, and actively encourages
interaction. The sheep will normally wander over to see people but
soon leave you alone if you don't have food! Dogs must be kept on
leads at all times, and should probably be kept out of the sheep
field. Climbing over the post/wire fences can damage them and is
unnecessary, as there are entrances to the large paddock area at
each corner. Climbing over electric fences can hurt, and there
should be gates to avoid doing so - climb over the gates at the
hinge end to avoid damage and gate-wobble.
So you can go in the field with the sheep, but please
respect them and try not to frighten them too much. They might even
like a stroke.
Thanks to Copepod (Park Ranger) for the information
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Happy Hunting, and look out for lost polar bears!
This cache now
'contains' the co-ordinate set 4 required for the OS
X multi-cache.
The cordinate set is TL abcde, fghij, where if the
trig-point number is of the form Swxyz, then:
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a = y
b = w + z - x - y
c = x
d = w + x
e = z - x
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f = z
g = y - x
h = y + z - w
i = z - w + y
j = w + y - z
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