(Image courtesy of snapperman)
The name of this cache was inspired by a story we came upon,
unearthed by Richard Holland a North-East Wales ghost
researcher.
The story is about two young lovers who came face-to-face with
the so-called 'Floating Vicar'... The pair were walking down the
Old Warren, Broughton, before the Chester bypass was built and the
road led to Buckley. The road was heavily wooded and was frequented
by courting couples in the 1930s when the following incident
happened:-
‘Suddenly the couple spotted a
figure coming towards them, taller than anyone they had seen
before. A tall, thin, elderly man. He was dressed in black and wore
a broad-rimmed hat but he was not walking; --- he appeared to be
gliding. He passed the couple by without making a sound. He did not
stop and neither did he change his forward-facing gaze to
acknowledge the couple’.
Apparently the sister/sister-in-law of the couple (who
subsequently married) also witnessed the same apparition whilst she
was courting. She was standing by her future husband's motorbike
and, while the pair were saying goodnight, the old man glided past.
At the same time the motorbike's lights flickered on and off as he
went by. Again the main description was that the man was very
tall.
Well we can’t promise you’ll see the ‘Floating
Vicar’ but you will be in his haunting ground so who knows?
Maybe you shouldn’t do this one in the dark.
Tree cover could make GPS readings difficult but the above is a
best estimate based on several readings.
Suggested parking is at N53 09.883 W003 01.441
8/2/11 Changed hint