Tamworth Village Church Series - 9 - Warton Traditional Cache
Tamworth Village Church Series - 9 - Warton
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This could be classed as a series for lazy cachers! If you don't want a long walk or bike ride, this series could be right up your street.
You could easily do all of the series in one day, if you are driving. The route we took was about a 30 mile drive. You could, of course, do the caches separately, whilst doing other caches in the area.
If you do the caches separately then make sure you keep a note of the answers to the clues - you will need these for the bonus cache.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
We have wondered for a while why it is, that whenever we go on holiday, we always have a nosy in the local church, yet the only time we'd dream of visiting one closer to home would be for a christening, wedding or funeral.
There are some beautiful churches in some lovely settings in the villages around Tamworth and this series will take you to a number of them. Unfortunately, the majority were found to be locked when we visited, which is a shame, but the villages and the churchyards are still worth a visit.
Also, you do tend to find that every nice church comes with an equally attractive pub, many of which we tried out for lunch whilst setting up this series of caches.
The co-ordinates given are for the caches, none of which are actually hidden in the churchyards. Some are on the boundary of the churchyard, some close by, some a short walk and one, a short drive. There is also a clue to collect within the churchyard close to each cache.
The caches are a variety of sizes and we have tried to be creative where we can. Some of them are replications of other good caches that we've seen. If we've copied any that you have set yourselves then please take this is a compliment. Some are big enough to hold swaps and some only hold a log sheet.
Whilst there are no co-ordinates given for the clues, they are all easy to find and won't involve you needing to yomp through gravestones or to enter the church.
If you collect the full 10 clues you will be able to find the bonus cache, which is hidden in a place where we visited not long after we'd met and where we took the first photo of us together - ahhhh!
We hope you enjoy the series.
CHURCH DESCRIPTION
St Oswald's Church, Warton, has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.
The present church is probably built on the site of a church in existence prior to the 12th century. The church has historical connections with the Washington family, ancestors of George Washington, first president of the United States.
The tower once bore the arms of the Washington family, but these have been moved and are now re-set inside it. Incorporated into the 19th-century pews are coats of arms, one of these being of the Washington family that is dated 1614. In the southwest aisle are the arms of Queen Victoria.
CACHE DESCRIPTION
This cache is a micro hidden a short drive from the churchyard, which is on Church Road. It's just big enough to hold a log book and pencil and it's where our Travel GPS trackable is starting its journey from.
CLUE FOR BONUS CACHE
You will need to go into the churchyard, which is on Church Road, to find this clue. This is a short drive from the cache co-ordinates. Rest for a while and see what number is included in the day, the month and the year that 'Ponch' departed this World? = I
Congratulations to PlasmaWave for First To Find
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Jung qvq lbhe zbgure fnl nobhg unatvat nebhaq ba fgerrg pbearef?