Clapgun is 40 #5 – Monkey Smile! Traditional Cache
Clapgun is 40 #5 – Monkey Smile!
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The fifth cache in the (appropriately) short ‘Clapgun is 40’ series – the only series of caches in the world planned around accessibility for a 40 year old off-road unicyclist, ever (probably). Most of the route is ride-able by unicyclists of moderate ability, with a single steep hill at the start (up which a small amount of walking may be called for and for which a brake is very useful on the return leg). The cache is, frankly, not as enormous as it once was, but there is room for a few swaps.
The ‘Clapgun is 40’ series of 6 caches has been created to celebrate Clapgun reaching the grand old age of 40. The series is not a multi-cache (in fact, some of the series are very much cache and dash-able, if you select appropriate parking options), but it would be nice if you complete the lot in the order that they were meant to be completed, just as we did (on unicycles, in the snow) on the day that they went live.
The route starts in Rowsley (with ‘Little Dangler’) and continues for 5 miles or so (but the route is not circular). There is a free car park in Rowsley (at N53° 11.359’, W1° 36.897’), as well several other parking locations in the village and I would recommend that you park in a designated car park rather than drive directly to Little Dangler.
As the whole series is on roads or bridleways, it could also be completed on foot or by mountain bike, but this is obviously a ridiculous idea when compared to the purity of the off road unicycle (and I apologise for even making such a suggestion).
This cache is named after a pub based comment (made by Clapgun following an evening playing unicycle hockey) that was so funny it made tears of laughter stream down numerous faces. Unfortunately, I cannot repeat the comment here for reasons of good taste – you’ll have to ask him yourself.
To make up for the multiple small caches in the series, this one is slightly larger than the others (not as embarrassingly massive as it used to be, due to Muggle related thievery of the previous containers). The snap lock sandwich box (that you are searching for) is located in an area that requires stealth as it is overlooked in many ways and, while it is very accessible on the approach, the required stealth, the exposed retrieve and the final couple of feet (for which you will have to dismount from your unicycle), means that the difficulty rating of this is perhaps higher than expected.
Additional Hints
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Fgrc bire gur zbng naq ybbx oruvaq gur hccre enzcneg.