it may be possible to do this cache in daylight but you will
struggle, please be sure to turn your tracklog on your GPSr
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown,
Tapping at the window and crying through the lock,
Are all the children in their beds, it's past eight
o'clock?
The origins of the nursery rhyme
The origins of the words and lyrics to this nursery rhyme were
to allow children to associate every day tasks with their own
lives. Before the days of radio, TV and indeed the Internet and
also due to levels of illiteracy within the population great
reliance was made on the Town Crier who was paid to walk the
streets crying out the latest news and information. 'Wee willie
winkie' was a child's version of the Town Crier! The author of the
nursery was William Miller (1810 - 1872) and the first publication
date of the lyrics was in 1841.
The coordinates in the first cache will lead you to a path,
willies candles drop wax as he walks along, you are to follow this
trail, examples of willies candle wax can be seen on a tree and
post near the start of the path, then stop keep your eye open they
will start again, this is where you leave the path, stand next to
the tree and search around you for the next drop of wax to have
come from willies candle.
