God’s Country – Poppy’s Birthday Cache Traditional Cache
God’s Country – Poppy’s Birthday Cache
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The cache is located in Great Fryupdale (aka God’s Country) in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. Roadside parking near to cache site. You will need to bring a pen!
Great Fryupdale is considered one of the most beautiful dales in the North Yorkshire Moors and it is surprisingly quiet and unspoilt. There are plenty of rights of way in the dale and breathtaking views can be guaranteed. In its history Great Fryupdale has been a Jurassic sea populated by dinosaurs, an Ice Age lake, a Bronze Age swamp, a site of medieval mining and Victorian iron foundries. No one is quite sure from where the name ‘Fryupdale’ originates. One of the most popular theories is that the Norsemen named it after their favourite goddess, Freya. Also Fryup Dales were referred to in old records as the “forest of Fryca”; it was a favourite hunting ground for the Lords of the Manor. “Fryca” probably derives from the Norse name; became Frycoe then Fryop before Fryup.
This cache has been placed to celebrate the first birthday of our cat, Poppy! Poppy was born on May 11th 2008 at Bainley Side Farm, just along the road from the cache site. The view from the cache site is glorious; look right and in the distance on the moor top you can just see the newly restored Danby Beacon. To the left of you is the head of Great Fryup with its confusion of irregular shaped hills – the Hills of Fryup – formed by subsidences in centuries past. What a lucky pussy Poppy is to have been born in such a beautiful place (not that she cares)!
The cache is placed away from nearby buildings. These are private so please do not search these. Be careful of any nettles!
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