Symondsbury Circuit No. 1 - Downtown Traditional Cache
Miglettz: As I am moving from the area - it is sadly time to archive this series. Thanks to everyone who has done this walk.
I won't be removing the containers so they can still be found and logged if you are in the area but obviously they won't be maintained.
Symondsbury Circuit No. 1 - Downtown
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This is numbered No 1 as it's in the heart of Symmondsbury!! There is street parking nearby and also a pub!!
The walk is around 2.7 miles long, caches 2-6 are on an uphill track which can get muddy in winter, caches 7-12 are along the flat and caches 13-15 are along the road back into Symondsbury. Dexthersj41's Hell of a Walk series joins the Symondsbury Circuit No. 8 and rejoins the Circuit at cache 12, and Symondsbury Circuit Nos 9-12 can be done on route to getting Hell of a Walk Bonus Cache.
PLEASE put the caches back where you found them and cover them up. Dogs are welcome on the walk but due to livestock in the adjacent fields keep an eye out for them!!
A little history about Symondsbury:
In historical times the main economy of the village was the production of flax and hemp for Bridport's rope and net manufacturing trade.
More recently the main business has been milk, beef, sheep, pigs and arable production and, since the decline of agriculture in the late 20th Century, the village has hosted two colleges, many small workshops and several large self-catering holiday lets. The village still has several orchards, two cider presses, one apple juice business, an orchard conservation company, artists, potters, an outdoor toddler group and a primary school. Many of the inhabitants still work in the village on the two business parks and other converted agricultural buildings.
The small River Simene passes through the parish. A tributary stream also wanders through the village itself, coming from a spring that is believed still to have healing properties. In the medieval age, people from miles around came to bathe their eyes, that were then allegedly healed. There is an old road from the sea through the village, that used to take pilgrims to the shrine of St Wite at Whitchurch Canonicorum.
The main landmark in the village is the distinctive Colmer's Hill, a near-conical sandstone eminence topped by pine trees. It is highly visible from the main street in Bridport, and its significance extends back to around the 11th Century. The hill takes its name from the "Colmer Tenement". The family were tenants of the Dukes of Somerset and Earls of Ilchester in the 17th and 18th Centuries and the Rev. John Colmer was the rector from 1805-06. During World War I Caledonian Pine trees were planted on the summit by Major W P Colfox MC and the hill now forms an iconic subject for artists and photographers.
In 2004/5 The Symondsbury Apple Project undertook research into Dorset's Orchard and cider history discovering that in Symondsbury parish there were over 100 acres of orchard in 1839.
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