#1 The Cheese Board-Wensleydale Traditional Cache
UGGY: Time for this series to go and free up some space for new hides. After almost 9 years most of the cheese has been nibbled and the rest has gone mouldy so no longer very appetising. Thanks to all who visited The Cheese Board.
#1 The Cheese Board-Wensleydale
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Series of 37 assorted straightforward caches around Thirsk, Sowerby and Carlton Miniott, loosely based on the contents of a cheese board.
A fairly easy 9 ish miles, starting and finishing at the railway station.
Full description at #1
Down in the deep south, in 2Blues country, they send you looking for pies, cakes and even cocktails, so I thought we might try some British cheese.
There are a variety of containers to find, in no particular order, although the cheeses are numbered along the route it is easy to dip in and out. Ranging from small lock-lock boxes and film canisters to a few micro’s and perhaps even a couple of surprises.
Hidden mainly along footpaths and bridleways with a few along the roadside which can be done as drive by’s.
There is parking at the station where I have started the numbers and there is also plenty of parking in the town and some on the roadside along the route.
The larger boxes contain a pen/pencil, a selection of swaps with a few trackables scattered throughout, but you will need to provide your own marking tool for the micro’s.
Along the way there are another 20 or so caches, either very close to, or actually on the route.
Before you start, or when you finish you might like to seek out GC1MA5J and GC37F0Z whick are both very close to the station car park.
NOW FOR THE CHEESE!
Let’s start with a truckle of Traditional Wensleydale, a particular favourite of George Orwell and featured in Monty Python’s ‘The Cheese Shop’ in 1972, with Michael Palin playing Henry Wensleydale, the shop’s owner. But who can forget the most famous connoiseur of all with the voice of Peter Sallis as the irrepressible Wallace.
When young, Wensleydale has a milky freshness and hint of lemon not dissimilar to young Cheshire, Caerphilly or Crumbly Lancashire. As it matures so the flavours become more complex with a slightly sweet honey flavoured background. Wensleydale is a crumbly cheese but becomes firmer as it ages and in the case of the traditional cloth bound cheeses much drier.
*****CONGRATULATIONS TO *bikeit, *micky n dave, *takeapeek and *englishpete ON ALL FTF's*****
*****CONGRATULATIONS TO **bikeit** ON BEING *FIRST TO COMPLETE* THE WHOLE SERIES*****
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