Ouse Valley Way Mile Marker # 91 Traditional Cache
The Sweets: Archived as the location has too many muggles.
Ouse Valley Way Mile Marker # 91
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Size: 
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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 #91 is one of a series of caches being placed 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.
This series will eventually have 140 caches. It was started by, and is being managed by The Red Duke and if you would like to help by placing some caches in the series please contact The Red Duke via Geocaching.com so he can co-ordinate things. We especially need people able to hide caches in the area West of Bedford.
The classic way to do this cache is as part of a walk along the whole Ouse Valley Way. If you are walking the whole route or even just a section of it please let us know in your log message.
Parking is available nearby at the St Ives Recreation Centre.
This cache is in a very popular area especially at weekends, frequented by dog walkers and overlooked by the golf course. During school times the area is busy with children from The Ivo School especially at lunch time and at the end of the day. So extreme stealth will be required. (Hence the high difficulty rating and a lot of info in the description).
The cache itself is a quarter litre camouflaged tub containing small swaps and is located between a tree and the fence on the north side of the path. Except for the last couple of metres it is accessible to wheelchairs and buggies. Please be careful to wedge it back in the same place (well above flood level).
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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