Bodmin Bounds 21 - Mayor Gill Traditional Cache
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Bodmin Bounds 21 - Mayor Gill
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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 |
Quadrant 2
Lanhydrock Gate |
This section of the series runs from Margate Bridge, just south of Cardinham Woods to the road north east of Lanhydrock Golf Club. It has been named Lanhydrock Gate as the route passes close to Lanhydrock House. The route passes through Lanhydrock parish due to being unable to walk the actual boundary as much of it crosses private land. This section will take you along some footpaths, minor roads and will require you to cross a section of the A38 as it leaves Bodmin. There is a pedestrian crossing (near the Glynn Valley Crematorium) which we would strongly recommend you use. You will also need to walk a short stretch of busy road (300m) along the B3268. Care should be taken with children due to the busy roads. |
| Cache Information |
Ernest Gill was appointed Mayor in 1954. The cache itself is located off a track in the National Trust woodland at Bazleys Plantation. Access is via a maroon coloured gate, please do not park on the private land in front or adjacent to this gateway, and do not park in the entrance to the field nearby. The National Trust Ranger has requested that if this is undertaken as a night cache, that a 'little respect' be given in relation to torches being used close to the gatehouse, which is about 400m from the cache location. As this cache is a small silver bison, please bring your own pen/pencil, as it has neither. This cache has been placed with kind permission of the National Trust, who lease the land from The Forestry Commission. Cache has been placed in line with GAGB Guidelines. We are extremely grateful to both the National Trust and the Forestry Commission, and in particular the local National Trust Ranger & Forestry Commission Supervisor for allowing this cache to be placed. This cache was slightly re-located and co-ords changed (and new container) on 25/04/14 follow issues since the placement of the new cycle pathway which has been constucted next to the tree the cache was in. |
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