Stanford Stomp #23: Cacheandash Traditional Cache
BalooCrew: Regretfully, we have to archive this cache. Although the cache is all in good condition, unfortunately, The Prestwold Estate has withdrawn the Permissive Path access rights on this part of the trail. Therefore, the cache is no longer accessible to the public. A big thankyou to all the geocachers who have visited this cache. We are sorry to see this one go.
Stanford Stomp #23: Cacheandash
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A series of 23 caches following a circular route from Stanford-on-Soar to Rempstone and back across the Hoton Hills. Terrain is fairly level with one steep incline (25 m height gain) from the King’s Brook to the Hoton Hills ridge. The trail is all on public bridleways and footpaths, Between caches #11, #12 and #13 you may will need to walk along the busy A60 road. However, this has a footpath set away from the road but please do take extra care if accompanied by children and/or dogs.
A well-disguised nano-geocache hidden in plain sight that will require a keen eye to spot. Please handle with care and replace exactly as you found it. It contains only a log book so you will need your own pen to sign the log sheet. The geocache is located adjacent to the permissive path, at the edge of the hedgerow marking the boundary between the field and Stanford Lane road.
PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO GO THROUGH THE HEDGE TO THE FIELD FROM THE ROADSIDE AT THIS LOCATION AS THERE IN NO ACCESS THROUGH AND WILL DAMAGE THE HEDGROW. Access between Stanford Lane and the field side (Permissive Path)is from points about 200 m further along the road in both directions.
The footpath on the Stanford Stomp trail will take you alongside the King’s Brook for just under half the circuit, before gently climbing up to Rempstone, and then back across the top of the Hoton Hills ridge to Stanford Lane. The trail will afford you fine views of Stanford Hall to the northwest, and to the south you will have a scenic vista across the Soar Valley and over Loughborough to the Charnwood Hills on the southern skyline. All of the caches on this trail are on public footpaths and public bridleways, with the exception of #23, which is located alongside a new permissive path and Stanford Lane on open access land. The total distance of the circuit is about 11 km, which will take between 2-2.5 hours (plus caching time). A wide variety of geocache containers and disguises have been used on the trail: some are very easy but some are designed to be challenging. We hope you enjoy the variety.
Many of the field margins are being managed to help conserve farmalnd and woodland wildlife under the Higher Stewardship Scheme. Please keep to the footpaths and keep dogs under control. Keep a look out for a large variety of birdlife, and if you are lucky you may even get a rare sighting of an otter along the King's Brook or along Stanford lane (we have)
In some of the geocaches you will find a secret code letter and number or you may need to record a number from a feature associated with some of the geocaches, which you will need in order to find the coordinates of the "Stanford Stomp Bonus Cache". Be sure to record these if you want to find the bonus cache.
You can also take in a few other nearby geocaches while doing this series: " Holy Cow" (GC2YWG9), Enigma Code (GC2YWGW), Rockers Cache 1 (GC1NTTD) and "Borderline" (GCMMPC).
CONGRATULATIONS TO PLASMAWAVE AND LAVAFLOW ON FTF
Additional Hints
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