An Evening Stroll - At Last. A Proper Container! Traditional Geocache
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An Evening Stroll - At Last. A Proper Container!
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Health advisors suggest that we should all do a brisk walk (enough to get us slightly breathless) of 30 minutes duration, 5 times a week. This series is my version of that walk. Not just for health reasons, but also to keep my fitness levels up (especially in the off season) for my fellwalking. This is a series of 6 geocaches taking you on a circular route of Clapham Common and the fringes of Brickhill. The first 5 caches contain information needed to find the 6th cache.
We recommend that you search in the following order:-
It Begins
Stride on
Halfway There
It's All Downhill From Here
At Last. A Proper Container! (this one)
The Prize
As you walk from "It's All Downhill From Here" to "At Last. A Proper Container!" You will pass between the old Bedford cemetery and the Eagle Gardens housing estate. Most of the roads in this part of Brickhill are named after birds.
Bedford's first municipal cemetery was opened in June 1855. The chosen site of 18 acres of farmland (later enlarged to 37 acres), situated on rising ground known as Foster's Hill north of the town centre, was bought for the town by James Wyatt (1816-78) in his capacity as Borough treasurer. As Editor of the Bedford Times, which he founded in 1845, he spent several years campaigning for a cemetery for Bedford. Sadly, one of the first to be buried in the new cemetery was his eldest son Otho, who died in July 1855 aged 10. The Wyatt Tomb enclosure contains a variety of memorials to family members buried between 1855 and 1988.
Near the junction of Foster Hill Road with Park Road North is the gatehouse, which was designed in the Gothic revival style by a Bedford architect, Thomas Jobson Jackson. It incorporates an entrance arch for hearses, flanked by a cemetery office and accommodation for the registrar. The first registrar, Thomas Dann (1822-98), served for 43 years until his death.
Winding paths lead to the cemetery chapel, also designed by T. J. Jackson. Originally this was a double structure, with separate chapels for Anglicans and Nonconformists. In 1955, when the crematorium was built at the back, a single chapel was provided on the west side, with the other one being turned into the Chapel of Remembrance.
The cemetery was known as Bedford Cemetery until the new cemetery at Norse Road was opened in 1987, when the name was changed to Foster Hill Road Cemetery to avoid confusion. A new crematorium and chapel were opened at Norse Road in 1995.
With no more room for burials, apart from a small number of unused spaces within family plots, the old cemetery has become part of Bedford's heritage of historical monuments and quiet recreational areas. Here may also be found old and unusual varieties of trees and a wealth of flora and fauna.
The cache is not located in the cemetery.
The recommended parking and start for the walk is at N 52° 09.240 W 000° 27.908.
There is a pub and a cafe at N 52° 09.359 W 000° 27.809.
You are looking for a small cliplock box. Cache contains logbook,pencil, clue E, the usual swaps and an FTF badge.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL TO REPLACE THE CONTAINER EXACTLY AS FOUND!!!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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