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 in this series vary from nano to medium plastic container – and everything in between! 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:
One of my favorites with 13 events, boxing has been in the modern Summer Olympics since 1904 except 1912 in Sweden where the sport was outlawed at the time. 2012 will be the first year with women’s boxing. In the overall medal tables for boxing the USA leads with 108 and Cuba in second. Great Britain is fifth with 48 out of the 65 countries that have won one of the 841 medals issued in boxing.
TEAM GB'S TALLY LONDON 2012:- 3 GOLD - 1 SILVER - 1 BRONZE
This is the ninth of the series and near an object not used in the Olympics 2012 – but was in 2016. There's no need to touch this, the co-ordinates for the final are very close-by, although it is tricky to find, hence the Difficulty rating. This then gives the co-ordinates for the final not too far away.
After this cache you will find you dip down the junction with a road, take the right hand turn and walk up the small road signposted to ‘Orchard Farm’. When you come to a left hand bend you will see the path carries on in north easterly direction, continue up this path.
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