Bodmin Bounds 02 - Mayor Coterel Multi-Cache
ynysva: Stage 3 GZ retrieved to bring in but stages 1 and 2 missing
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Bodmin Bounds 02 - Mayor Coterel
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Bodmin Bounds Geocache Series
Beating the bounds is an ancient custom, which dates back before the Norman Conquest, and is still observed in some English and Welsh parishes today. Members of the local community walk the boundaries of the parish, led by the Parish Priest and the Town Mayor, who pray for protection for the lands, and share the knowledge of where the parish boundaries lay. In 1865 Mayor William Robert Hicks, revived the custom of ‘beating the bounds’, and this practice still takes place more or less every five years. The event concludes with a game of Cornish hurling, which is started by the Mayor of Bodmin who throws a silver ball into a body of water known as the "Salting Pool", near to Carminnow. This ‘Bodmin Bounds’ geocache series has been instigated to coincide with the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, and therefore has sixty caches in its series. The circular route has been slightly modified to take in legal rights of way, but still effectively follows the boundary of the Parish of Bodmin. The sixty caches are named after Mayors of Bodmin, from 1201 - 2012, and include all Mayors who have served during the sixty years of the Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, and also notable Mayors prior to that period. Full details of this list can be found on: Mayors of Bodmin
This series is divided into four quadrants to create a number of comfortable short walks or could be done in two halves, or if you are feeling really adventurous completed in one stretch (13.8 miles or 22.1 Km). In each quadrant you will find 11 traditional caches, 1 puzzle cache, 1 offset multi cache, 1 letterbox hybrid and 1 premium cache. We have created a website which has further information and some ideas on starting points or how to break the series up into family friendly sections. This website also provides information about the other caches we own. The website can be accessed by the “Related Web Page” link under the cache name at the top of this page or alternatively you can type the link in yourself: http://ynysva.moonfruit.com. We are grateful to Joe Smile and Pencoise for their advice and support whilst creating this series. |
Quadrant 1
Bodmin Beacon |
John Coterel was the first officially appointed Mayor and held the appointment jointly with Adam Martyn from 1336-1340. CACHE INFORMATION: This off-set multi-cache which has Three Stages to it; a QUESTION stage, a TOOL stage and a FINAL stage. There are TWO containers, one at the TOOL Stage and one at the FINAL Stage, the QUESTION Stage requires you to find out information to acquire the TOOL, the TOOL provided is to to undertake a task (Measure the length of one of the two gates) at the QUESTION Stage, which will ensure you obtain the co-ordinates for the FINAL stage cache container which contains the actual log. Please ensure this essential piece of equipment (TOOL) is used and replaced in the TOOL Stage, and not removed from the scene or placed in the FINAL stage; as geocachers are unable to undertake this Multi Cache without this exact piece of equipment, the TOOL is NOT a swap item. The log book is in the FINAL stage of this multi cache. The cache is a small 4' square lock and lock container with little room for swaps. There are three Stages to this multi-cache; QUESTION is where you attain the answers by viewing the Gates (Task: View One of the two gate and answer the following questions: V=Number of Vertical bars, H=Number of Horizontal bars. TOOL is at V+0=X and H+1=Y N50 29.2XX W004 42.9YY. TOOL is where you obtain the TOOL to undertake a task in respect the gates, where you need to use the TOOL to measure the length of one gate and then REVERSE. This will give you the co-ordinates for the FINAL cache location to sign the log. NOTES: Additional Hint added and Difficulty rating uprated to 5 on 11/11/12, and QUESTION stage of cache added on 05/03/13. If you have problems at the cache site; please feel free to telephone us 07970 740269. |
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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