Black Hill Letterbox Letterbox Hybrid
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A short walk, of around half-a-mile, to the top of Black Hill on Lympstone Common with far reaching panoramic views of the Exe Estuary, Haldon Hill and Dartmoor.
Black Hill on Woodbury Common is probably best known for its aggregate quarry, but the views from it's 167m trig point are probably it's best kept secret.
The cache is sited on the Northern slopes of Black Hill, but is best approached from the South. There is a small (free) car park at Pine Ridge N50*39.178 W003*23.011 with enough space for up to 6 cars.
Head East out of the car park following the green public bridleway sign at the entrance to the car park.
Please do not park on the B3180 - this is a very busy, dangerous road.
The route to the cache follows a series of well defined paths, mainly pebblebed / woodland and there is no need to leave the paths until a few metres from GZ.
The cache is a decent sized 1.8L clip 'n' lock box in a camo bag. Large enough to house most T/B's & geocoins.
On siting the cache contained:
The stamp, ink pad, FTF Prize, some swag, card to make prints, log book, a travel bug and pen.
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THE STAMP OR THE INK PAD - THEY ARE NOT SWAG ITEMS!
Thanks to Natural England and Devon Clinton Estates for their kind permission to allow siting of this cache.
LETTERBOX HYBRIDS
Letterbox Hybrids are not a new invention. In fact the oldest active Letterbox Hybrid in the UK was sited in Northumberland as long ago as 2003.
There are currently just over 500 active letterbox-hybrids in the UK, many of them in the S/W of England and Wales.
There is only one fundimental difference between a cache and a letterbox which is the stamp itself.
If you find a letterbox, taking a copy of the stamp is like capturing a momento of your visit. A permanant reminder of your visit that you can keep.
An A6 sized plain note book is ideal for keeping copies of your found stamps, with a similar size blotter to stop the stamps from bleeding on initial stamping.
Another popular method is to carry a selection of plain 6''X4'' or 5''X3'' cards that can then be stored in either postcard binders or in display boxes.
Of course you have found a geocache as well so dont forget to sign the log, trade swag, and move trackables along!!!
There is a stash of 6''X4'' cards in the cache along with an ink pad - please help yourself to as many copies as you like.
Please also feel free to stamp the visitors book with your own personal stamps and messages.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ghpxrq jryy onpx va ebbgf bs snyyra gerr, juvpu vf oruvaq ynetr pbavsre jvgu ubyyl gerr. Pbavsre unf n yratgu bs juvgr qhpg gncr nggnpurq.