Hudnalls Hide and Seek Multi-Cache
The Flying Boots: This cache has had it's day. We've just been for a walk to pick up the container and will re-use it in the near future.
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Level walking on quiet roads into a woodland path. Can be muddy.
The return route using instructions found in the cache has a
downhill section and finally a short uphill stretch at the end of
the walk.
This offset geocache will take you on a 1½ hour circular walk from
the village of St Briavels via a quiet road onto a scenic footpath
into the Hudnalls Wood. There are breaks in the tree coverage
enough to get a GPS fix at times but the final geocache location is
not too good so to help you out the Micro cache will have along
with the co-ordinates a grid reference number so bring along an
O.S. Explorer map OL14 of the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean. The
final cache will contain route description leaflets of how to
return to St Briavels via a different route so please take one and
enjoy the walk. I have also included some traditional Treasure Hunt
type clues to help in getting to the Micro Cache. The whole walk
should not take more that 1½ hours giving plenty of time to fit in
The St Briavels Saunter before a pint or two at the local
hostelries.
An ancient connection connected with Hudnalls Woods involves the
throwing of bread and cheese from the pound wall near St Briavels
Church on Whitsunday evening. Records state that this custom
follows the rights obtained during the 12th century by the Earl of
Hereford, then lord of the Forest of Dean, at the instance of his
lady; upon the same hard terms that lady Godiva obtained the
privileges for the citizens of Coventry (i.e. she rode naked upon a
horse). This custom is necessary for the rights of local people to
continue to cut wood from the Hudnalls and to allow their animals
to graze.
Park outside St Briavels Castle and Church (N51 44.308 W002 38.453
– GR5585 0460) and look for the clues to find the co-ordinates for
the Micro Cache.
A = The first number in the century when the castle was
substantially rebuilt.
B = The second number in the century when the castle was
substantially rebuilt
C = The distance to Hewelsfield plus the distance to Chepstow
D = The distance to Monmouth
E = The distance to Bigsweir
F = The distance to Coleford
Micro Cache Co-ordinates are N51 4B.CA0 W002 3D.DEF Follow these
traditional Treasure Hunt Clues also to get to the Micro Cache.
Go down the hill where “cold embers of a fire might be” then turn
left along a road that is not an “upper road”. After approximately
¾ mile at a T-junction turn right down the hill where “male birds
may get killed with a gun”. You are now not too far from the Micro
Cache which is a small plastic vitamin container.
Good luck in finding it and enjoy the walk to the final cache which
is an ammo box. Please ensure the box is covered well and not
visible from any direction.
Why not take a map with you and continue on to find “Offas Valley View” – GC10J8B and turn
the two into a circular walk.
Congratulations to
valliantknight who was the first to find this
Geocache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Zvpeb pnpur – whfg bire gur oebbx
Znva pnpur – gb gur abegu bs gur cngu orarngu n ynetr obhyqre
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