Bodmin Bounds 34 - Mayor Kendall Traditional Cache
ynysva: Archived - series closed and cache retrieved
Bodmin Bounds 34 - Mayor Kendall
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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 3
Bodmin Railway |
This section of the series runs from the road north east of Lanhydrock Golf Club to just north of St Lawrence close to the section of railway line which runs to Boscarne Junction. It has been named Bodmin Railway as a significant portion of the route runs close by the railway line. If you are undertaking the route during the timetable days you are likely to see one of the steam trains in action. This section will take you along some footpaths and minor roads and will progressively drop down into the Camel Valley. The roads and footpaths in this section are much quieter than in the first two quadrants. |
| Cache Information |
Mrs Mary Kendall was appointed Mayor in 1971, and was the second female to be appointed Mayor. A local playgroup in Priory Park are called 'Mary Kendall Playgroup' to this day. The cache itself is a small 35mm film container, and is located close to the road, on the road side of the style |
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