MWS 8...Monarch Way South #8 Traditional Cache
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MWS 8...Monarch Way South #8
A cache by [DELETED_USER]
Hidden
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6/14/2009
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Parking at Bitton is available at Golden Valley Lane, N51.25.497 W002.27.414. The distance from Upton Cheyney to Bitton parking is just over ½ mile.
Because this follows the Monarch Way, it is not a circular walk but can be approached from either end of the indicated stretch.
We have created 24 Monarch Way caches heading North from Wick to Horton. This series has now been taken further by OOK the Librarian to Hawkesbury Upton, with more caches to come in due course. This is a continuation of the Southern series of caches from our original beginnings at Wick Court. We will continue these until it gets beyond our reasonable range when we will seek another cacher willing to take the series further with the ambition of covering the whole Monarch Way in time.
Monarch Way is the 615 mile route used by King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651 when he was pursued by the Parliamentary forces under Oliver Cromwell. Charles first travelled north, where he hid in the famous oak tree at Boscobel. He then travelled south through the Cotswolds and the Mendips to the South Coast at Charmouth, and finally along the South Downs to Shoreham from where he made his escape to France. Bitton church still bears the scars of Cromwell’s troops using it for target practice!
The cache is not accessible by wheel chairs; buggies will find it difficult because of the narrow footpaths, kissing gates and stiles.
You do not need to deviate from the marked Monarch Way.
You are looking for a medium screw top container. Contents when placed were:
Log Book
Pencil
Lanyard
Angel Travel Bug
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ng gur onfr bs gur qrnq gerr
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