The River Great Ouse flows from its source near Brackley to the sea
at King's Lynn, running through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire,
Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Work is in progress on the Ouse Valley
Way to open a network of footpaths along this magnificent river
from 'source to sea' - making this route one of the longest river
valley walks in Britain. The first section of the Ouse Valley Way
walk opened in 1990 in the district of Huntingdonshire, and the
whole route was formally opened in May 2004.
Mile Marker # 141 is one of a series of caches along this
official Long Distance Footpath. The idea is to encourage more
people to explore the walking equivalent of motorways, "speeding"
the walker from start to finish (in this case from Syresham near
Brackley to Kings Lynn). However, the entire walk can be broken
down into day walks using public transport.
My section of the walk can be started at either Kings Lynn or
Downham Market and you can return to your starting point via the
regular train between the two points.
This series was started by and is being managed by The Red Duke
if you could add to this please contact The Red Duke via
Geocaching.com so he can co-ordinate things.
Mile Marker # 141 is a 35mm film can, contains a logbook only.
Please take care with geokids and geodogs as its near a road.
Stealth required to retrieve this as it is a very busy area.
Closeby to the cache is Cooper Roller Bearings, they manufacture
split roller bearings, and have been here since 1894, firstly
making steam diggers, cars, bombs and then in 1907 starting
production of bearings.
Wear sensible footwear as it can be muddy. Do not attempt if the
river is at risk of flooding
Congratulations FTF Rafathecabbage