When it was suggested that for the Golden Jubilee we follow the
example of the Victorians and plant an oak to celebrate, a long
time resident pointed out that the tradition hadn't stopped, and
that trees had been planted for both King George, and Queen
Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, it's just that the other trees weren't
on the green and had become 'lost' in undergrowth over the years.
The co-ordinates given are for the mound with the commemorative
inscription for the original Queen Victoria oak. Close by there is
a new tree to replace the original Victoria Oak, and also to mark
the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, and an oak planted in 1901,
again for Queen Victoria.
Thanks to some recent tidying it is now fairly straightforward
to identify the first of the remaining two oaks, the second may be
more difficult to find. To make it a little difficult, I'll only
give you the distance. One is about 190ft from the mound with the
Queens Oak inscription, the other is 255ft from the same spot. To
score this cache you need to send an e-mail with the lat/lon of
both oak's, and also the inscriptions. Don't post the answers
here!
You do not need to enter the churchyard to find this cache.
Please respect the lower level of the churchyard as this is still
used for burials from the village.
Following some recent log attempts, I'll just make the rules of
this virtual totally clear - logs for this virtual will only be
accepted if the e-mail inculdes both co-ordinates and the
inscriptions of oaks commemorating King George and Queen
Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee if either set of co-ordinates or
either inscription is missing, or you send me details of any of the
Queen Victoria Oaks and/or the Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee oak
then it doesn't count and your log will be removed!
Note: When sending the e-mail, depending on the options
you select on the GC.com e-mail page, you might be sent an e-mail
asking you to confirm the GC.com e-mail is genuine by the spam
filter at my ISP, before it will be released.
Please check out the Geocaching Association of Great
Britain offering support for Geocachers in the
UK
