Bodmin Bounds 46 - Mayor Nicholls Traditional Cache
ynysva: Archived - series closed and cache retrieved
Bodmin Bounds 46 - Mayor Nicholls
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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 4
Bodmin Jail |
This section of the series runs from just north of St Lawrence to Clerkenwater and takes in a section of the Camel Trail and East wood before following footpaths back towards Clerkenwater. This section has been named after Bodmin Jail as it sits on the edge of valley on north side of Bodmin, just below the area of the majority of the route. This section will take you along a short stretch of road on the fringe of Nanstallon before joining the Camel Trail close to Boscarne Junction. From there you will follow part of the Camel Trail, crossing the A389 at Dunmere, then up through a steep sided wood and onto a series of footpaths before rejoining the first section at Clerkenwater. Care should be taken whilst crossing the A389 especially in the summer months when the traffic is much heavier. |
| Cache Information |
John Nicholls was appointed Mayor in 1987, and also served the local community as a JP (Justice of the Peace or Magistrate). This particular cache is a small disguised container, with a referenced hint, please ensure it is replaced as found, as it has already had a piece of it snapped off and another permananty removed within three days ! |
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OG66