CW Olympiad 2012 #1 Traditional Cache
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This short series is in recognition of the London 2012 Olympics. London will hold the distinction of hosting the games three times, more than any other city.
There are 5 caches and a bonus within the series. There are medals available for the first three finders of the bonus cache.
The series is a short circular route around the southeast border of the village of Clayton West, which is 9 miles (14 km) south east of Huddersfield and 7 miles (11 km) north west of Barnsley.
Unfortunately, the full route is not accessible to wheelchairs. The route is dog friendly although livestock may be encountered en route so please take the necessary precautions.
Clayton West (meaning settlement on clayey soil) appears in the Domesday Survey of 1086 described as ‘waste’. The village also has a river running through it, River Dearne, which is susceptible to breaking its banks, no more so than in the summer floods of 2007.
Clayton West once attracted the attention of Sir Titus Salt who was looking for a site for his mills. He visited the village to inspect the land but John Kaye a mill owner who lived at Bilham Grange and owned much of the land in central Clayton West, was campaigning for a branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to run through the land Salt was interested in.
This was enough to discourage Salt who turned his attention to Bradford where he then built Saltaire.
The Kaye name can be found throughout the village with the first school and Millennium Green bearing the name.
There is a history of coal mining and textile industry in the village and the coal mine (pit), "Park Mill", closed in 1989. Only the most observant will notice the lasting evidence of this industry now.
The village used to have a railway station on a branch of the Penistone Line. However, the station along with Skelmanthorpe was closed in 1983. The Clayton West station is now home a famous local light railway.
Another claim to fame is that the village was occasionally used as a location for Britain's longest running comedy series “Last of the Summer Wine, in which one of the village's four pubs, in Church Lane, features prominently.
Today the village is mainly a residential area, home to commuters making use the village’s proximity to the M1 and M62 motorways.
You will need to collect the names of other Olympic Summer Games host cities found in the caches to locate the bonus cache. You will also have to complete the simple sudoku puzzle on the bonus cache page.
This cache is located on a footpath in view of several properties so please exercise stealth. The cache contains a log and a pencil. There is no room for trading or trackables.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre ebpx ng jung jnf bapr gur onfr bs n gerr.
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