Hathern Trail No.4: "Old Man Willow" Traditional Cache
BalooCrew: This cache appears to have gone missing and furthermore, the old willow tree that the cache was hiding in has all but been cut down (sadly!). Therefore we are archiving it. We may replace it with another cache nearby in the future
Hathern Trail No.4: "Old Man Willow"
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This is one of a series of geocaches that will take you on a short trail through fields and meadows around the pretty village of Hathern. The geocache and trail is located entirely on waymarked public footpaths. The trail is on flat ground, although you will need to climb over well-made styles and it can be muddy in places in wet weather.
The geocache is a camofluaged small screw-top plastic bottle containing only a simple log sheet. You will need to bring your own pen to record your log.
Getting a GPS single under the tree cover can be difficult and the coordinates provided are averaged from the area on both sides around the target, where the signal is strong. However the feature/cache site that you are looking for is very obvious from the geocache name - it stands out on its own on footpath.
If you follow this small series you make a circular route that can start and finish at Hathern Park, Pasture Lane, Hathern.
THIS IS A REPLACEMENT CACHE - PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE GEOCACHE IS REPLACED EXACTLY AS FOUND AND THE CAMOFLAUGE REPLACED PROPERLY
The geocaches in the Series are:
No.1; "Starting-in-Style" (GC2E8Y8)
No.2: "Rock-On" (GC2E938)
No 3: "Back-on-Track" (GC2E94Q)
No.4: "Old Man Willow" (GC2E96G)
No.5: "Lonesome" (GC2EB9N)
No.6: "Balded-Ash" (GC2EBAN)
No.7: "Wicked Hathern" (GC2EJ8H)
No.8: "Fibonacci Pattern" (GC33JBY)
No.9: "Art Fry & Spencer Silver (GC33J0X)
No.10 (replaced): "Inspired View" (GC3H5DK)
Other geocaches may be added in due course
If you follow this small series you can make a circular route that can start and finish at Hathern Park, Pasture lane, Hathern.
For a short walk: from the Trailhead (Car Park) follow the Series in the order 1, 2, 3 and 4, then back to the Trailhead (Car Park).
For a longer walk: from the Trailhead (Car Park) follow the Series in the order 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 4, then back to the Trailhead (Car Park).
"Wicked Hathern" (no.7) is only a short distance along the road into the village from the Trailhead and could be added as a short detour either at the beggining or at the end of your walk.
For a nice long walk you could combine, "Wicked Hathern" (No.7), "Fibonacci Pattern" (No.8) and "Art Fry & Spencer Silver" (No.9) with the others in the series in the order 1, 4, 6, 5, 3, 2, 8, 9, 7
"Wicked Hathern" and "Starting-in-Style" can be reached by wheelchair and strollers but other caches in the series are across rough fields and tracks, and/or involve climbing over styles that are not suitable for wheelchairs, and may be difficult or not accessible to pushairs/strollers.
Why not walk down to the River Soar while doing this series and admire the pretty view of Normanton-on-Soar with its beautiful spired church across the other side of the river, and watch the narrow boats cruising on the river. You could also take in a couple of other nearby geocaches: "Zouch Rhymes with Scotch" (GC2135Y) and "Mind-your-manor" (GC2DT4F)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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Treasures
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