Tinker's Hill # 1 - Former Stile Traditional Cache
ottergirl_fcl: This series has been in place for 5 years so time for a change. Thanks for all who have visited.
Tinker's Hill # 1 - Former Stile
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This cache is one in a short series on Tinkers Hill, on the lower slopes of Chosen Hill. This meadow is popular with dog walkers and sledgers! The lower fields sometimes have cows grazing, but they have never caused a problem when I've walked past with the geoterrier on his lead. They see a lot of dog walkers so must be used to them.
Tinker’s Hill (formerly Rabbits’ Hill) is a North Westerly offshoot of the larger Chosen Hill, an outlier to the Jurassic Limestone escarpment which lies some 2 km to the east. The Churchdown Golf Course, which existed up to the outbreak of the First World War, was on the lower slopes above the railway line and the Clubhouse was off Pirton lane, close to Sugarloaf Bridge. In late spring the meadow is full of buttercups.
This short series was designed to be started at the stile close to Sugarloaf Bridge on Pirton Lane. There is no parking here but there is a free public car park near to St Andrews Church on Station Road a few minutes walk away. The 98 bus stops on Pirton Lane close to this waypoint. There is also a public car park at the top of Chosen Hill from which you could also walk down to Tinker's Hill.
The cache is hidden at the end of the alley beside The Old Golf House, just inside the lower meadow. You are looking for a small clip lock box in a camo bag. Please replace as found and out of sight. Watch out for stingers! There are a few badges in the cache for the FTF.
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Congratulations to Kiting Klive for FTF at night by torch!!
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AUGUST 2015 - due to burial of original container by dumped vegetation, a temporary small container (35mm pot size) has been put in place approx 1.5 m from original location. Hint updated.
SEPTEMBER 2016 - Cache is now a 35 mm pot in a small camo bag.
Additional Hints
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