Series Info:
This is a series of 7 traditional caches which takes us on a circular walk around the lakes of Standlake in West Oxfordshire. The walk is approximately 4 miles long and, excluding any time for searching, should take about two hours to complete. There is limited parking at the location of the first cache.
I have recently taken on the series and renumbered to make the loop easier to understand. There are some gaps in the route so may come back and add some new ones at some point in the future
Please note: Some of the paths through the fishing lakes may be closed between 21.00 and 08.00 1st March to 31st September and 18.00 and 08.00 for the rest.
Please be careful when caching with children as there are roads and a couple of deep water lakes to negotiate.
This Cache:
This is the fourth cache in the series and is a round plastic container about 250ml in size that has been sprayed black.
After this one you go to the road and turn left.
History:
The ancient people used their imaginations to create patterns and stories of the stars. These patterns become the constellations. Each culture had its own constellations and stories. Before 1930, constellations were regions in the sky with only fuzzy boundaries.
In that year, the International Astronomical Union put the scheme of constellations on a definite system. The sky was officially divided into 88 constellations with sharp boundaries, and each star is in one and only one constellation.
Our walk around West Oxfordshire is best done on a clear skied night where the open sky is full of stars. Each cache is dedicated to one constellation but for no particular reason