The Holywood Arches
The Holywood Arches (sometimes just "The Arches") is where the
old Belfast and County Down Railway to Donaghadee and Newcastle
(closed 1950) crossed the Holywood Road.
One of the highlights of this recently redeveloped area is a
fine monument to C.S. Lewis. It depicts him opening a wardrobe,
which is central to the plot of his well known story "The Lion, the
witch and the wardrobe" (one of The Chronicles of Narnia). The rear
of the wardrobe has some letters written by C.S. Lewis.
C.S.Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (born in Belfast on 29 November 1898, d. 22
November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to
his friends and family as Jack, was an Irish academic, medievalist,
literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist.
He is also known for his fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters,
The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy.
Lewis's works have been translated into more than 30 languages
and have sold millions of copies over the years. The books that
comprise The Chronicles of Narnia have sold the most and have been
popularised on stage, in TV, in radio, and in cinema.
The MournesRambler I Series
There are 17 caches in the MournesRambler I series which is
designed to lure you away from the bright city lights along the
Comber Greenway:
The recommended mode of transport for this series is a bicycle,
but it should also be quite feasible to complete it on foot. Have
you found them all? If you have done them all one after the other
please let us know (in your log entry) how long it took you so that
others will know roughly how long it might take them.
The Arches cache
The cache itself is a nano, so please bring your own pen/pencil
to initial the log.
Please take careful note of the exact spot you find the cache,
because that is the only place it will "stick" back on again.
This is a very busy area so please be discreet when retrieving
and replacing the cache, so that you do not give away its
location.