Like lots of Northumbrian Villages, the shop/post office and pub
are the main focal points, both these places relate to the cache.
The village is split in half by the main North East Railway line,
running from London to Edinburgh.
The Pub - The Blink Bonny has been around since the 1820s
and is named after a remarkable racehorse.
She was one of the greatest three-year-old fillies of all time,
winning both the Derby and, two days later, the Oaks in 1857, a
feat that apparently cannot be repeated because of the modern rules
of racing.
Such was Blink Bonny's feat that her skeleton is preserved in the
York Racecourse museum. However, not all of her is at York, as
regulars and visitors to The Blink Bonny pub will testify. Above
the fireplace in the main bar is a glass-fronted cabinet containing
two of her hooves, near a famous painting of the horse in her
prime.
The Blink Bonny owners run an annual 'Easter Egg Run' when
motor bikers from all over the North East congregate at the pub
before setting off to collect Easter gifts that have been
donated these gifts are then auctioned off and the proceeds donated
to local charities.
The Easter Egg Committee erected the cache location in the
village in early 2010.
The actual cache location was donated by a local company.
PLEASE use stealth while searching for this cache - the
local shop keeper knows of the cache!!! lol