Although there are many artefacts in Dacre Church the most intriguing aren't necessarily inside the building. In addition to the sundial, which uses an old alms table as its base, four very unusual creatures lurk in the graveyard. In each of the four corners stands a silent moss covered sentry: a stone bear. Each one of the four peculiar-looking bears is carved around a stone pillar and is supposed to tell part of a story.
The story starts in the Northwest corner. Here the bear is asleep with his paws wrapped around the pillar and his head resting gently on top of it. In the next two stones, the bear is attacked by, and fights with, a strange cat-like creature. In the final sculpture, the bear is alone once more. He has a distinct smile on his face, suggesting that he has eaten his attacker.
The idea that these creatures are bears was first recorded in 1704 when it was suggested that the carvings were representative of the bear and ragged staff insignia used by the Earls of Warwick. Sadly for this theory, the bears in Dacre are rather older than the heraldic insignia used by the Earl of Warwick. The other problem is the bears themselves. Two of the stones are badly damaged, but the other two show that the bears have manes and long tails, suggesting that the Dacre bears are really lions.
So the mystery remains - who put the bears there and what were they trying to tell us?
The co-ordinates given are for Dacre Church NOT FOR THE CACHE.
From the board at the gate collect the information and transpose to co-ordinates for the FINAL location
A = Number of letters in name in top section of the board
B = Number of words in top section of board
C = Number of times the word COMMUNION appears
D = Number of times MORNING PRAYER listed
FINAL LOCATION:
N54 37.(C+D) (A+C-D) (A+B-C)
W002 51. (B-A-D) (D) (B-A-D)
CONGRATULATIONS TO The Hudson Gang for the FTF