Rendcomb Roundtuit Traditional Cache

I remember seeing small 'souvenir' plates as a child with the word 'Roundtuit' emblazoned on them: they were intended as gifts for the procrastinator who would get round to doing something one day. Well, we've been thinking of placing our first cache for a little while now and have finally got round to it ... and what better place? The views of the hamlet of Rendcomb are lovely from up here, just as you start to level off, before going down the hill, just off the old Roman road, the wonderful White Way. Nearby Cirencester town and National Trust property Chedworth Roman Villa are two nearby Roman sites which you may wish to explore further, but for now, if you approach from the White way, see some very straight roads nearby and avenues of tall trees!
Although my satnav doesn't show it as a proper road, as long as it's not snowy, you can drive down the hill, into Rendcomb and then join back up with the Chletenham to Ciren road. I've only got stuck there once on a very snowy December day ... Rendcomb is a lovely hamlet served by a small post office and general stores, should you wish to stock up on sausage rolls or sandwiches.
Most of the roofs and building tops that you can make out are of the old manor house of Rendcomb and its stable block. The property has had various aristocratic or wealthy incumbents. Indeed, one such lord of the manor planted the curious groups of trees planted to look like crescents, circles, etc (as you can see from the geocaching map). We've been told they were meant to be figures of the greek alphabet, but can't see it ourselves! Since 1920, however, the buildings have been owned and used benevolently by the Wills family, who are the trustees of private boarding and day school, Rendcomb College. It's one of our favourite views of the place, particularly in Autumn. Hence we wanted to get this cache placed before the trees start to colour.

The cache is just off the main public footpath, which joins up with the Monarch's Way cited in some other nearby caches, so there's no need to wander on to private land.