Series Description:
To acknowledge the Olympics and Geolympix in summer 2012, a series of caches each named after an Olympic ‘sport’, some of which may relate to the sport. The sports are decided, grouped and named by the International Olympics Committee where a ‘sport’ refers to all the events that are sanctioned by one International Sport Federation, a definition that may be different from the common meaning of the word ‘sport’. One sport, by Olympic definition, may be divided into several disciplines, which are often regarded as separate sports in common language.
Series Info:
A series of fifteen traditional and a couple of small multi caches in a walk approximately five and a half miles long and which should take about three hours to complete at a steady pace. The caches, varying from nano to medium plastic container – and everything in between! No two are the same. The series starts from and returns to the parking anywhere in Lower End, Leafield. Please bring a writing implement and a pair of tweezers!
The series is almost entirely flat and uses fairly well marked Bridleways, Public Footpaths and pavements - one of which is the old Roman road ‘Akeman Street’. This was a major Roman road that linked Watling Street with the Fosse Way. You will also find you cross RAF Akeman Street, a Second World War station that held 2 Special Flying Training School, a backup to Brize Norton.
Should be okay for dog cachers but there are a couple of styles you will have to carry your pet over and for that reason I’m afraid isn’t buggy or disability friendly. It is a great family walk out for little cachers too, no farm animals but does get rather muddy in places and you have to push your way through the vegetation at points!
The route takes you into the village and there are a couple of bits by the road but there are footpaths at most points or it is extremely quite country roads - please take care but it is safe.
This Cache:
With 14 events rowing has been contested in every modern Summer Olympics since 1900, it was also scheduled for 1896 but cancelled due to bad weather. In the overall medal tables for rowing East Germany are technically still ahead on 48 with 33 golds but overall the United States have 84. Great Britain are third, thanks to a certain couple, with 54 out of the 40 countries that have won one of the 681 issued medals in rowing.
TEAM GB'S TALLY LONDON 2012:- 4 GOLD - 2 SILVER - 3 BRONZE
Walk up Akeman Street heading west away from the houses.
This is the sixth of the series and is a medium sized camouflaged plastic box with notepad, pen and a few other goodies.
After this cache continue West on Akeman Street and past the tree enclosed farm on your right.
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