Firstly, a big thank you for all the great comments left in many of
the cache log books and on the web pages. It makes all that hard
work worthwhile. All the caches are named after some of the most
fantastic places I have been to, and journeys I have been on. One
of the earliest was cycling from John o’ Groats to Lands End
at the age of 16 with a mate from school, 35 days and nearly
1500miles (We took the scenic route), and one of the last was
climbing The Lotus Flower Tower in Canada’s Northwest
Territories a 3000ft vertical rock face which took 2 days to climb
and 6 hours to abseil back down. Then Came the wife and kids.
The Multi Bit:- All you have to do is travel the little circuit,
collecting all the numbers, add up the 2 sets of 11 ( > ^ ) and
this should give a 10 figure grid ref for the cache location.
Easy.
The caches you will require are, all of the 20 Treasure boxes as
well as 'Seventy Nine', and 'Away From It All' (By kind permission
of Deerstalker and now adopted by myself)
The cache:- – A 2.5L clip lock container, which contains a
log book pen and pencil. The Cache is also currently a prison for
the Dreaded Knitted Ones. If anyone else sees any of these
Dastardly Creatures and dares to retrieve them from other
locations, please feel free to drop them off at this prison.
Parking:- – Gringley pumping station, West Stockwith car park
(Free), Gringley Top Lock, Drakeholes and Everton.
Food & Drink:- on route – Haxey Gate Bridge Pub, West
Stockwith Pub, Drakeholes Pub and Everton Pub. (Some not open on
Mondays)
Terrain &ndash:- Grassy tow path, flood defenses and farm
roads, ideal for mountain bikes ( 4 hrs. + searching + pub stops )
or a long stroll. Good Luck. The grass on the north side of the
loop can get V long in the summer as it is seldom cut and has
little traffic
Note:- A small section of the loop is a public footpath, and bikes
should not be used. But saying this, many people do without any
complaints from the locals. Other sections say 'Private Road' i.e.
no cars. The farmers always give me a friendly nod when they see me
on my mountain bike.
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FTF ----- Mad Mouse Crew------30/April/2009
2nd TF-----Toomtech-----30/April/2009
3rd TF-----Mad Sparrow-----2/May/2009
