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 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:
This sport has 10 events and has been in the modern Summer Olympics since it started in 1896. There are three types of fencing – foil, epee and sabre. In the overall medal tables for fencing Italy technically lead with 114. Great Britain is 16th with 9 out of the 30 countries that have won one of the 571 medals issued in fencing.
TEAM GB'S TALLY LONDON 2012:- Nothing this time unfortunately
This is the twelfth of the series and is a small black box with a log book, pencil and couple of bits.
After this cache continue on the path heading north east until you find yourself back at the cottages from which you originally chose ‘Pay Lane’. This time take the left turn down the path marked ‘Footpath to Witney Lane’ just at the end of the last cottage. This is the least well marked of the paths and, when the vegetation / crops are high can be hard work to push through!
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