The cache contains a die (that's the singular of dice) and a
ball point pen, for writing in the log. And a log, of course.
I placed this cache to commemorate the milestone of drsolly and
ladysolly, of 5000 caches, completed September 9, 2008, just two
years after we started caching on September 9, 2006.
Amersham consists of Amersham (usually called Old Amersham, or
Amersham for short) and Amersham (usually called Top Amersham,
because it's on top of the hill, sometimes called
Amersham-on-the-hill), or Amersham for short. Top Amersham is where
the Metropolitan line came, and it's a lot newer than Old Amersham,
which is old. Indeed, it's olde. Very olde, and full of junk shops,
sorry, antique shops, and old pubs with low beams for banging your
head on. Top Amersham, by contrast, is fairly new. Us locals just
call them both Amersham, which you might think is a bit
confusing.
Does anyone actually read these descriptions, I mean after the
first para or so? I'm sure they do for multis and puzzle caches,
but I think most people, with a trad, don't bother reading the
carefully crafted screed of words, but just go get the cache. If
that's the case, then there's not a lot of point writing a long
history of Amersham.
I suppose I could invent an entirely fictional history of
Amersham, and no-one would notice. Did you know that this is where
William the Conqueror stopped in 1069 for a pork pie and chips? Of
course, the potato hadn't been invented at that point in time, so
the chips were made out of fried bread.
So, this cache is in Amersham, and a bench is involved, but you
probably already worked that out by now, I mean, I've said it often
enough. But there is a bit of a twist, you'll probably find a decoy
before you find the real cache. And you can't log a decoy, only the
real cache. You can tell the difference, because a decoy has a
taunting message inside, whereas the real cache has a log, and a
ballpoint pen to write with. The idea of a decoy, is that you find
it, and you get a rush of triumph like you get when you find a
cache, but then when you open up the container, you get a total
let-down. This, of course, is totally evil.
What's even more evil, is the Amersham Martyrs that were burned
at the stake in 1521 for reasons that I cannot understand.
Apparently, they liked to read the bible, and that was a no-no. So
they got burned, because if you burn someone, you don't shed their
blood, and the bible tells us not to shed people's blood. Maybe it
should have said something more general, like not to kill people.
Which it does, of course, rather bluntly, but that's not a part
that's taken much notice of.
Well, there's lots more about
Amersham you can read up
about, it isn't just a bench, you know, although for reasons I
don't understand, the Amersham Bench isn't mentioned on that site.
And while you're in this area, you might have a go at the Chiltern
Hundred. One hundred and ten caches that you can do in a single
day. And after you've done that lot, you're going to want somewhere
to sit down, won't you. Well, there's a bench. In Amersham.
Congratulations to Alibags and NotTheActor on a joint FTF
Congratulations to pieces_of_8 for First to Find Without a
PAF