Florence has a Blue Peter Badge Traditional Cache
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Florence has a Blue Peter Badge
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Introduction
The fourth of our Florence Nightingale Series - Florence and the
Nightingale family had their summer home at Lea Hurst in
Holloway.
The cache is a 5 minute walk from the road, down the farm track and
through the buildings on very good surfaces.
The container is a 0.7litre sandwich box
Access
Vehicles can be considerately parked (ie on the public highway
clear of the junction with the farm track - which has "private, no
parking" signs - as this understandably annoys the residents) on
the lane through Dethick. Please do not drive up the track up to
the farms & church as this is private property.
A little history
There are three famous ladies associated with the parish of
Dethick, Lea & Holloway including Florence Nightingale of
course.
The second lady is the Alison Utterly, author of "Traveller in
Time".
The main character of the book, Penelope, lives in the twentieth
century, and it is only when she goes to live with her aunt at
Thackers, a remote, ancient farmhouse, that she finds herself
travelling back in time to join the lives of the Babington family,
and watching helplessly as tragic events bring danger to her
friends and the downfall of their heroine, Mary, Queen of Scots,
whom they are seeking to rescue.
This is the famous Babington Plot, named after Anthony Babbingon of
Manor Farm, Dethick, who plotted with Mary Queen of Scots
imprisoned at nearby Wingfield Manor to assasinate Queen Elizabeth
the First.
The third lady, and the inspiration for the cache name, is the Blue
Peter dog "Goldie" who is buried in the grounds of Manor Farm next
door to the cache site and whose owner is ex-Blue Peter presenter
Simon Groom
There is quite a nice short video available at the Local BBC
website HERE (Requires
"realplayer")
The Nightingale Series
GC1K8EG Shucks Florence
GC1K2EX Deer Florence
GC1J8K2 Florences Sleepy Hollow
GC1Y54R Florence has a Blue Peter Badge
GC23Z6H The Nightingale Arm
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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