The Blue Lady Traditional Cache
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A simple cache with easy parking in a layby just feet from the tiny nano cannister (so bring a pen or pencil). A favourite walk of mine and on my old route to and from school. Access to Robinswood hill only a short distance away if you fancy a walk.
Our first hide so we decided to keep it simple and somewhere we pass often. A lovely spot near to Robinswood Hill and Ski Centre. We grew up with the ghost stories of the Blue Lady Of Matson so keep your eyes open for her while grabbing this cache!
The story goes...
Selwyn house built around 1650 was a mansion of great proportions & stands along the top of what we call Matson Lane a stones throw from St Katherine’s Church.
Around 1700 a maid who worked at Selwyn House was brutally axed to death the walls were said to be covered with a red substance and the room is clearly locked even today.
The maids identity is little known.
In around 1972 a group of boys decided to loiter behind the church , there is a cellar trap door which led directly to the basement a dark and bleak cellar, the night was dark and cold and a full moon lingered over the tomb stones.
Whilst the boys searched the cellar one kept watch , he suddenly cried out , the other boys quickly scrambled out of the cellar , over a moon struck cemetery a figure stood beckoning the boys.
Dressed in a long blue dress with a shawl the boys quickly ran to the front of the church , down the steps and ran down Matson Lane. As one looked back the Lady appeared at the Church Gates.
On The second night the boys returned accompanied by older boys. As they walked through the graveyard a mystery figure appeared again dressed all in blue, partially hidden by the shadows of the moon a voice beckoned them.
All the boys became frightened and ran away.
Next day the boys went to school and told their history teacher and one night he also went with them, as he followed a short distance behind they returned to the grave yard the figure appeared again for the third time .
As the teacher caught up with the boys the figure ran but one shoe worn by the figure was left behind in the soft soil. The Teacher picked it up, and they all returned home.
The Shoe was Analyzed by local historians but no explanation could be found apart from it was a Georgian Ladies boot which was coloured blue , no age, or date was found.
The shoe was sent to Scientists in New York who had better facilities, when arriving at the laboratory they found the box had been opened.
Inside the package a dried up dirty brown leather object was removed, no longer a perfectly preserved in excellent condition shoe.
The rumour has it that once the shoe left the Ladies foot it died, turned into it's real age, as it turned out it was about 300 years old.
The person that had written this Story for me, was one of those boys.
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