Pieces of Eight 1: Churston Court Traditional Cache
Pieces of Eight 1: Churston Court
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A series of eight caches in and around Brixham placed to celebrate Brixham’s pirate record achieved in 2010, 1744 pirates were counted & that`s a lot of salty seadogs in anyone’s book.
The series comprises of eight caches and a bonus, you will need to find a number in each of the caches which will lead you to the bonus booty of the usual treasure!
The captain used to drink too much rum and always forgot where he put things, knowing this he put a gold piece of eight at each cache location so he could find his way back. Unfortunately he was made to walk his own plank after a pirate mutiny, so never returned to claim them. He sometimes placed the piece of eight in full view and sometimes not.
The captain chose locations of interest, all have parking paid or unpaid close by.
Please be careful retrieving and replacing the caches as some are in high landlubber (muggle) locations. Good luck me hearties!
Please do not remove/tamper with the coins, they are not the cache only a guide and mean the cache is nearby (usually within arm’s length).
Nearby is a12th century manor house now a hotel and bar or if that doesn’t temp you the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Agatha Christie regularly attended the Church of St Mary the Virgin in the village of Churston Ferrers. In 1955, she donated the royalties from her short story Greenshaw's Folly (which appears in The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding) to the church, to pay for a new stained glass window. The east-facing window, designed by Bideford artist James Patterson, depicts Jesus as the Good Shepherd in Agatha's favourite colours of greens and mauves. The church opens for services and is usually open throughout the September Agatha Christie Festival.
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