MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (Bucks)
The A421 Tingewick bypass has the notoriety
of being the site of the UKs most serious speeding offence. To
date, this is where the fastest convicted 'People In A Rush' were
spotted. To read more about this dubious honour, have a look at BikersWeb.co.uk.
Race!
Now, on to the cache, which is on the
opposite side of the Tingewick bypass to the village itself. Access
to the site is from the west-bound carriage way or via back roads
from Barton Hartshorn, off the A4421, or Preston Bissett. Your
objective is Tingewick Wood (catchy eh?) where you'll find various
abandoned military installations. They're related to the nearby
Finmere airfield which was home to several squadrons of bombers
during the last war. The last BIG war. Click here for more information on this. One
last thing to read before you pull on your NBC suit and go 'over
the top': A passage taken from Parishes.Oxford.Anglican.org: "...to the
right of the path as one enters the [Tingewick] churchyard are
three stones, one of which commemorates a seventeen year old boy
Richard Crichton who was murdered in Tingewick Wood." I hope
you're ready for a scary hours geocaching now! Why not come here at
night and really worry yourself good and proper?
I suggest you park around N51° 58.844
/ W001° 03.109 and use the marked footpaths to access the
wood. It's as simple as that. Please note, this cache requires a
sense of adventure and a degree of physical flexibility. I also
suggest you bring a torch and gloves. You'll see
why...!
The Cache is located
at:
N51° 58.613 / W001°
02.840
So pretend you're a WMD inspector and have a
happy hunt!
The smallish cache
originally contained:
1x Candle
1x Thing for cleaning gunk out of your keyboard
1x Party popper
1x Selection of KP Skips stickers
1x First Class Stamp
Plus the usual: Cache notice, log book, pen, pencil.
While you're in the area, I suggest you try
Dan & Pid's The
Secret Garden or my own
CLAYDON CONUNDRUM cache. They're both within short
driving distance.
A small experiment -
Please feel free to rate your visit to this cache out of ten in
your log.