GC2475V Royal Charter Gold (Traditional Cache) in North Wales, United Kingdom created by ncpayne-2008

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Hidden : 2/21/2010

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Geocache Description:

The Royal Charter was wrecked off Moelfre in a storm in 1859 with the reported loss of £millions worth of gold which has never been recovered.

This cache can be reached by children (my 5 year old helped us place the cache). It is difficult to get to with a pram however and does need a little bit of climbing and the path to the site is narrow and muddy and clambering to reach the pot of gold!! Good luck.

Moelfre is a small picturesque maritime village on the Eastern side of Anglesey (Ynys Mon) steeped in history as it was the site of the wreck of The Royal Charter - a ship returning from Australia to Liverpool which was wrecked on the rocks in a terrible storm in 1859. Author Charles Dickens visited the village to report on the disaster. Details of the ship wreck are plentiful on the web - this link tells the story well: (visit link)

Also renowned for it's Lifeboat the village offers a lovely couple of hours spent walking the coastal path to the sites of the Royal Charter wreck and also the 1959 wreck of the Hindlea. The village can be busy during the summer months and offers spendid walks and fishing as well as a number of small gift shops, cafes and pub to relax in and enjoy the views.

There are a number of car parks in the village but a good place to start is the Sea Watch centre (N 53.21.236 W 004.14.029) from which to start your exploration. From here you can see a bronze statues of Coxswain Richard (Dick) Evans ( see: (visit link) ) and a tribute to the Joe Rogers and is association with The Royal Charter and his attempts to save it's passangers.

Join the coastal path from the Sea Watch centre or main beach (by the Kinmel Arms pub) and head towards the lifeboat station.

Pass the life boat station towards another beach 'Swnt' where a large level area of rock is very popular with anglers thrughout the year.

From Swnt follow the path along the beach and carry on the headland path round and passed a rock bench dedicated to the lifeboat crew members who saved crew members from the wrecked Hindlea in 1959 (the recovered anchor from the Hindlea can be found close to Caban Laura in the village centre).

Further on along this path you will pass a small caravan park and the Royal Charter memorial stone can be seen across the headland with a white pebbled beach in between. Once you find the Beach you are close to finding your cache.

Be careful with little ones - there is a bit of climbing involved to reach the gold treasure but it is not steep and youngsters can reach with some help and care.

Looking out to sea from the headland you will see an island with a small tower on it. This tower was built on the island for shipwrecked crew members as so many ships were lost in this area. In it sailors could shelter and firewood and other essentials were placed to help sailors in times of disaster. Today the island is home to many families of seals and on occasions you may be fortunate to see them swim close by the shore.

Carrying on along the coastal path will lead you to Lligwy from where other cache's are close by around the ancient burial chamber. You can complete a circular walk back in to Moelfre from here.

As well as the coastal path from Moelfre the cache loaction can be reached from paths by the village football pitch (you could get within a couple of minutes close to the cache with a pram, bike or wheelchair from this route), at the start of the 'Trigfa' estate in the village and from Lligwy.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx hc abg qbja ng gur penpxf va gur ebpxf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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