MONUMENTAL!
(Bucks)
To celebrate my first year of setting caches (this is number 38
since I started with my
Chess themed Geocache No.1 - Black Rook on July 1st 2003, and
it features four white pawns of its own!) I decided to place one at
one of my favourite locations in Bucks. I saw in the new millennium
(both of them!) up here and returning always brings back some great
memories for me. I hope you'll enjoy it too!
Unless you fancy a monumental climb, I suggest you park for free
near the top of the hill around N51° 44.912 / W000° 46.065
but be sure to hide your valuables! Sadly this is a spot popular
with thieves.
Take a walk to N51° 45.178 / W000° 46.293 where you'll
find a very dramatic monument and a full set of views across
Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. In the immediate
vicinity of this Boer War monument you'll also find the answers to
the following questions:
- How many miles is it to Mursley Water Tower? (Home of my
White Queen Cache) Answer AB
- The monument was almost totally destroyed by lightning on which
date? Answer CD January 19EF
- What is the Trig Point's number? It's shown on a plate near its
base and starts with an S. Answer 620G
- In which year was the monument's bronze tablet replaced with a
stone one after the original was stolen? Answer 19?H
- How high is this hill? Answer 8i? feet. (A lower case
'i' so you don't think it's a 1 or an L!)
The Cache is located at:
N51° 4(C+H).(B+i)(A+C)(A+D-G) /
W000° 4(D-B).(B+E)(A+i)(F-G-A)
To get there please use the footpaths and bridleways provided.
There's no need to climb any fences! You'll find yourself in an
area called 'Low Scrubs' which is neither low or scrubby. It has a
strange atmosphere, being darker and more mysterious than your
average beech woodland. For centuries these trees were coppiced for
firewood...
Anyway, happy hunting!
The smallish (1ltr.) cache originally
contained:
3x Cool postcards
1x Party Popper
2x Candles
1x Bucks & Oxon flyer
1x Tiny can of coke!
Plus the usual: Cache notice, log book, pen.
While you're in the area, and have a camera, I suggest you try
my
Puerile Photo-cache No.3 - GETTING WOOD or else Dan and
Pid's
Creepy Graveyard cache. Both are within short driving
distance. Oh, and don't forget to do the one linked at the top of
this page. It's only a few hundred feet away from the monument!
A small experiment - Please feel free to
rate your visit to this cache out of ten in your
log.