Farley Circuit 1- Riber across the valley Multi-Cache
cooper troopers: After a log hard decision and asking if other cachers if they wish to adopt the series today ive been and collected all the caches and have archived the series. Thanks to all who have visited over through years
Farley Circuit 1- Riber across the valley
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The co-ordinates given above are for the Cavendish Fields Sports Association METAL notice board fixed onto the fence of the enclosed 5-a-side soccer pitch. Parking is immediately in front of this board.
The final co-ordinates for the first cache are
N 53 09.ABC W001 32.DEF
Since the details of the cache were posted, the paint on Metal notice board has deteriorated and several labels have become unreadable.
I have rechecked the board and the new numbers of letters should lead you to the cache.
To complete the grid reference, look carefully at the metal notice board fixed to the netting by the side of the entrance to the pitch.
A = the number of c's + no. of k's minus no. of b's
B = the number of g's plus no. of c's
C = the number of c's X 2 plus no. of k's.
D = the number of e's plus no. of b's
E = the number of c's squared.
F = the number of h's times no. of c's
Once you have the full co-ordinates proceed to the cache up a track.
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK, CHECK AGAIN AND RE-CHECK AND INCLUDE ALL LETTERS ON THE METAL NOTICE BOARD INCLUDING THOSE ON THE LOGOS.
You can easily make mistakes in counting, many people have, including myself early on, so do look VERY CAREFULLY. Good luck!
The coordinates for the cache are correct give or take a few feet for the trees.
This series of caches make up a 5 mile circular walk round Hurker Woods and Farley to the northern edge of Matlock Town.
The whole walk is not suitable for wheelchairs or strollers and young children need to be monitored on the public road which has fairly light traffic on it. It has adequate grass verges for safe walking. Remember, always walk on the right hand side of the road facing any on-coming traffic.
There is a short, steep ascent between the first and second caches, but the rest of the terrain is either level or gently descending. There are stretches of path, forest dirt-track road, public road and footpath. In the forest and on the footpaths it could be very muddy after rain.
There are some superb views with panoramas stretching from Riber Castle through Black Rocks to Stanton Moor with its 9 ladies stone circle, and with good views of Matlock and Darley Dale nestling below in the River Derwent valley.
Riber Castle is a 19th century grade 2 listed country house situated on a hill overlooking Matlock. It was built by John Smedley in 1862 of gritstone from a local quarry which was pulled up the 200 metre high hill by a series of pulleys. He died six years after its construction. The Castle later became a school but by the 1930s was a derelict shell. The castle remained derelict for many years until, in the 1960s, a group of zoologists set up a Nature Reserve for British and European Fauna. Riber Castle Wildlife Park or "Riber Zoo", as it was known, was eventually sold by the owner, but they were unable to sell it as a going concern so the park eventually closed. The park was criticised heavily for the treatment of the animals kept there and the closure was not without controversy. Activists also released several lynx and wallabies from Riber zoo which escaped into the wild, sightings of the animals lead to locals coining the nickname "The beast of Lumsdale" It is currently in disrepair, although there are plans to turn the shell into apartments. The castle and the town of Matlock are key locations in the Shane Meadows film Dead Man's Shoes. (from Wikipedia)
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