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This cache is based in a village called Turvey. The
village is steeped in history with the Church dating back to Saxon
times and has lots of very old buildings with interesting
histories..... you can read more about Turvey on a useful website I
found while writing the description of this cache . www.turveybeds.com |
The Cache
The above co-ordinates will take you to a parking area in the
village , you will need to stop here and pick up your first clue
!
Nearby you will see a Lych gate ( click here
if you don't know what a lych gate is ) which was restored
relatively recently, Write down the date the gate was restored
:
January ABth CDEF
From here you can either take a short walk to the next clue , or
there is parking near by. The walk is along a busy main road so
take care.
At these Co-ordinates N52 9.707 W000 37.725
there is a stone plaque in the wall showing the flood line where
the village flooded on
September GHth IJKL
Now put all the clues together for the location of the Cache
which is a regular size ammo box , with Geocache stickers on
it.
N 52 0D.(F-C)(G+H)L W000 (A+I)(B+E).(K-I)(J-H)
H
The route to the cache is suitable for buggies that can cope
with uneven grass as there is no actual footpath, but you will need
to lift any buggys over a style and further along possibly over an
iron bridge ! . Other than that its easy going , but as always be
careful near water. There are Private Signs located up and down the
river bank , this relates to Fishing there and not the pubic right
of way. I have checked with the river authorities that it is ok to
walk here.
On the way to the cache looking to your left ( south ) as you
cross the bridge you should see two statues near the river before
the Mill. This chap is
locally known as Jonah. The statue was brought to Turvey
from Ashridge House, Herts and erected here on 15 April 1844. He
(Jonah!) once stood in the water but modern developments mean he
now has dry feet! The other statue is known as Jonah's wife,
but is in fact also of a man!
Looking to the right ( North ) in the distance you will see
Turvey House
which was once owned by the Higgins family then passed to the
Hanbury family who own much of the land around Turvey.
At the Cache location we were lucky enough to see a
mink ( see picture ) who didn't seem to mind us being there
that much at all. There is a Camera in the Cache ,( maybe you will
get to take a picture of the Mink too), please take a photo of
yourselves and I will publish to the website when the film is
full.
Good Luck and Happy Caching.
Team CrazyCucumber.