I’ve always been amazed how many Lakeland hills have no cache on the summit and thought I’d try to go a small way in rectifying this. I can’t pretend that High Tove and High Seat are major fells although the latter has a very nice summit well worth a visit. The surrounding area (and particularly the flat area between the two) is normally very boggy. A reading of the estimable Mr Wainwright (Central Fells) will tell you all – conditions haven’t changed since he wrote them. Best done after a dry spell – or long frosty period but then you might get very cold getting the cache boxes out – the walk is for serious fell walkers (or runners because one passed us in the middle of bogland). I placed the caches in March after only a few dry days without getting my feet wet despite not wearing gaiters. How to get there? Well High Tove - 515 m (1,690 ft) - (the most undistinguished Wainwright peak?) is merely a pile of stones at the highest point of the bridleway between Watendlath and Armboth and is an “easy” walk from either place and you can then follow the fence up to High Seat - 608 m (1,995 ft). There are caches at both ends – and parking. I laid them on a linear walk (using buses) from Borrowdale to Thirlmere passing several caches on the way returning from High Seat down the unpathed hillside to a gate leading to my Castle Crag Fort cache (GC193FN). See that cache for routes to it. This gate is an additional waymark. There are numerous alternatives to my route which you can plan according to which caches you have not yet picked up so I haven’t included it here. The cache is in an obvious place seeable in most of the photos as well as the spoilers. The ease of finding will compensate for the difficulty of the walk? When placed it had a Trackabulldog geocoin in it. First visitor please pick up as I don't expect the cache to be visited that often! There is plenty of space for small items.
About Ye Ole Survey Monuments
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Ye Ole Survey Monument (YOSM) is a captivating series of caches that pays homage to the remarkable legacy of OutForTheHunt's YSM series (GC45CC).
YOSM caches are strategically positioned at or near Trig Points. These triangulation stations have played a pivotal role as surveying landmarks, contributing to the mapping of expansive territories.
Some of these points, bearing historical significance, might now be situated on private land or have vanished with time. As a result, the caches are artfully placed in close proximity, reverently acknowledging the historical importance of these survey monuments.
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More information, bookmarks and statistics can be found at the YOSM Website
If anybody would like to expand the Ye Ole Survey Monuments Series, please do.
I would ask that you request a number for your cache first at www.yosm.org.uk
so we can keep track of the numbers and names to avoid duplication