The Choughly Saint's HALO Cache Series
It’s based on parts of “The Saints Way”, a circuit of some 22 miles, taking in coastline, moorland, a tor and a selection of delightful towns and villages - with many spots to stop for tea or if you’re that way inclined there’s a lovely selection of fine Cornish Pubs on the way round.
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HALO - St Erth |
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This is a bison tube hanging on a bit of coathanger wire, hooked over a bolt (thin wire is emergengy retrieval failsafe) just before the stile. Please don't drop it 
St Erth.
Also known as
Memorial
Profile
St Erc (also known in Latin as Ercus, and in Cornish as Erth) was an Irish Saint, apparently also active in Cornwall.
Erc was the only person to give homage to Saint Patrick during the latter's confrontation with the druids on the Hill of Slane in 433. Patrick later ordained him a priest and bishop of Slane. Erc is said to have trained the young Saint Brendan the Navigator at his church in Ardfert. Saint Erc is also responsible for establishing the famous school at Slane, where King Dagobert II is said to have received his early education.
The Cornish Saint Erc is generally, though not certainly, believed to be the same man. He was the brother of Saints Uny and Ia and crossed from Ireland to Cornwall, where a church and the village of St Erth are dedicated under his patronage. His feast in Cornwall is 31 October.
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| HALO Website |
You'll find a selection of useful hints and tips, as well as a printable User Guide and a HALO series Passport for collecting copies of the Rubber stamps you'll find on the way round at The Choughly Saint's Webpages Here.
There's a special HALO Forum if you wish to ask for any help or advice Here
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| Lucky Chough Contest |
If you're lucky enough to find a small, lovingly handcrafted chough in any of the caches, then you could be lucky enough to win one of a very limited number of the 2008 Cornish Geocoin in an Antique Bronze finish. Just Email Choughly, and you'll be entered into his lucky draw to win the coin.
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| General HALO Information |
This cache is part of a 21 Mile circuit, placed by a number of Cornish Cachers.
There are 14 Caches as part of the series that may contain Rubber stamps that you can use to record your visit. If you'd like to do this you'll need to carry your own stamp Pad.
There's a GeoPost Office as one of the caches - if you wish to send a postcard then you'll need to carry a Royal Mail stamp with you.
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