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:
It is now a series of fourteen 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:
One of my favorites as I partake twice a week! This sport has 8 events and has been in the modern Summer Olympics since 1988 when it was introduced, appropriately, in Korea. In the overall medal tables for taekwondo, not surprisingly, South Korea lead with 12. Great Britain is joint 23rd with only 1 out of 23 countries that have won one of the handful of medals issued in the sport so far.
TEAM GB'S TALLY LONDON 2012:- 1 GOLD - 0 SILVER - 1 BRONZE
This is the fourteenth of the series and is a small bison tube with a log only, again you may need tweezers.
After this cache continue up the side of the field and spot the little path in the corner on the right leading you back into the village. Turn right at the green and walk towards the church. After a few minutes you will see a grass area on the other side of the road, time to take a seat!
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