Hollyside not Hollingside (DUSCW) Traditional Cache
Hollyside not Hollingside (DUSCW)
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A cache along Hollingside Lane just past Hollingside House which is owned by Durham University and is used as a residence for Senior Staff.
This should be a quick and easy find.
Part of the Durham University South Circular Walk (DUSCW)
Some information on Hollingside House that you may find interesting:
Hollingside House is Grade II Listed and its entry is noted as:
Early, mid and later C19; Flemish bond brick garden front, coursed
squared sandstone rear; rear wing sandstone with brick and ashlar dressings;
Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys and rendered chimney at rear of wing.L-plan. Garden front 2 storeys, 3 bays, the outer bays canted. Central Frenchwindow and overlight; other windows sashes with glazing bars; flat stone lintels,
some with bracketed cornices, and projecting stone sills. Bracketed mouldedgutter. Low-pitched hipped roof has later central dormers. Garden wall attachedto right return; sandstone outer leaf, brick inner, with flat stone coping;segmental-headed doorway to lane.
From 1862 to 1874 this was the home of Reverend John Bacchus Dykes, hymn writer; precentor of Durham Cathedral and vicar of St. Oswald's church, Durham.
This cache joins together some others in the area which could be covered as a circular. A bit of planning will show there are plenty of caching oppourtuinies in the surrounding area - not all of them being standard boxes.
Remember to say Hello to the Vice Chancellor if you see him!
Durham University South Circular Walk:
(DUSCW) currently has the following caches:
Wasted Effort
Ouch, prickly to log this one
By a stream in the woods
Sewage Works View
Hollyside not Hollingside
Botanic View(ish)
Beware Pedestrians
Which College?
Warning: STOP: LOOK: LISTEN
Parking is available at Warning: STOP: LOOK: LISTEN or at Wasted Effort (most space)
There are a couple of caches not owned by me, but are near (or en-route) why not check them out too!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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