Ouse Valley Way Mile Marker # 80 Traditional Cache
Ouse Valley Way Mile Marker # 80
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One of a series caches at mile intervals along the Ouse Valley Way
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 # 80 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. The terrain is too rutted for wheelchairs but possibly viable for a crosscountry buggy in dry weather.
Mile Marker # 80 is special. Every Ten Mile Marker is a larger container, holding not just the usual swaps and trackables, but also a "seed" micro. If you wish you can take the seed micro, but if you do, you should use it to start a similar series of caches along a Long Distance Footpath in your area. If enough people participate, it should eventially be possible to cache the width and breadth of the country along these paths.
This series was started by, and is being managed by The Red Duke. The plan is to expand it to cover the whole 150 miles. At the last count there were 36 caches in place. If you could add to this please contact The Red Duke via Geocaching.com so he can co-ordinate things.
The cache can be easily reached from the Paxton Pits Nature Reserve where there is a car park, toilets and refreshments. This is a great area for wildlife with a number of lakes with birdwatching hides.
Another way would be to park in Huntingdon, take the 66 Stagecoach bus to Little Paxton and walk back to Huntingdon (about 9 miles).
And yet a third way would be to park at Buckden Marina (refreshments available) or nearby; the cache is just over a mile away.
At the time we placed the cache (September) there was a bountiful crop of blackberries and there were dragonflies everywhere.
If you are walking the whole route please let us know in your log message.
Mile Marker # 80 is a well camouflaged 650ml clip lock box, containing a logbook and pen, the usual swaps and a seed micro. It is well hidden but part of it is visible from the path (if you’re looking in the right place of course). When replacing it please don’t stuff it too deep in the hiding place.
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