Aelfsige's Allure

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In United Kingdom

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This cache has been placed in Alice Holt Forest on the Surrey Hampshire border. The Forest is split in two by the A325. The cache is located in the less commercialised west side. From the A325, lookout for the large green “JCB Greenshield” signs on a small road going west. Drive past the entrance to the Research Centre and park at N 51º 11.018’ W 00º 51.220’. The rest is up to you and your GPSr.

Alice Holt Forest has a historical chronicle dating back to Roman times. It’s wealth of natural resources such as clay and timber made it an important centre of industry at that time.
During the Saxon era, Aelfsige Bishop of Winchester after whom this cache is named, owned the forest and the area became known as Aelfsige Holt.
Following the Norman Conquest, the forest became renowned as a popular hunting ground for the new ruling elite. As time progressed through the middle ages, an increasing number of its large oak trees were consumed to supply raw materials for England’s developing naval fleet.

This area continues to be a home to a wide variety of birdlife. Green Woodpeckers and small falcons are among those that are attracted by the abundance of pickings further down the food chain in the nearby ponds.
The large Purple Emperor butterfly is also a resident and has become the symbol for this woodland area. If you are searching for the cache around dusk, you may be lucky enough to catch site of Alice Holts shy Roe Deer.

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Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

Haqre n ynetr hcghearq gerr ebbg.
[If you need any more help, there's a spoiler photo on Jeff & Ethans home page.] (Decrypted Hints)

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October 27 by poodlehead4 (531 found) we all really enjoyed the walk especially the 2 extra children who thought geocaching was brilliant! left a GC TFTC [view this log]

October 18 by dales123 (342 found) Been on my hitlist for ages as my nearest unfound cache. A really nice cache it is too. TFTC [view this log]

October 17 by Wallenstain (94 found) A nice big cache in a good hiding place - a relict from the times when caches really were cachesand when there were only a few about. Interesting thought that this box is itting in the woods entertaining cachers for more than 6 years already. It was a nice walk from the research centre to the cache through the woods at this time of the year, with all the leaves changing their colours. To with me the Dragonfly TB and left nothing behind (there is already a lot of stuff accummulating in this box - might benefit actually from a clean out at some point. Thank you very much for this cache and best regards Wallenstain [view this log]

October 2 by natterjacktoad (635 found) TB drop [view this log]

October 2 by natterjacktoad (635 found) Found no problem. We'd not been to this side of the forest before - it's nice here. Swapped trackables. TFTC [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 11:52:14 AM
Last Updated: 10/27/2009 6:09:47 PM
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