It is best to treat this cache as a circular walk, and so the recommended places for parking are either in the village centre by the green, or along Church Road (co-ordinates given as waypoints below). When you've completed this cache, you can admire the duckpond and feed the ducks. Mellow Cotswold stone houses and cottages make this a most pleasant place to enjoy a drink or meal in one of Biddestone's two pubs. Public toilets are available on Church Road.
Our recommended route is to walk from the village pond along Church Road, which then forks right into Challows Lane (shown on Google Earth & Sat Nav as 'Ham Lane', just to confuse you!). Continue on down Challows Lane and take the footpath by the stile further on the down the hill. After you've found the cache, continue along the footpath which brings you out on Slaughterford Road. Turn right here, walk along this lane and then right onto Cuttle lane which takes you back to the centre of the village (and aforementioned pubs!).
The footpath is up a hill, and can be muddy, so for that reason strollers are not advised. There is a stile to cross. The rest of the route is either along quiet country lanes with no pavement, or with a very small pavement (so keep any small children or dogs close by you).
The footpath is used fairly frequently, and there can be people working in the fields, so do watch out for muggles.
Cache is a plastic box inside a camo bag. Initial contents include bouncy balls, plastic parachutist, scented pens, citronella candle in a tin, pack of playing cards, and log book. Two of our geocoins are being released into the wild from this cache.
The name of this cache comes from our User name (what else would the BlackAndTabbyFamily leave in a muddy field??), and also to remind you to keep your eyes open for the 'Beast of Biddestone' - last spotted near the village in 2007...