Blackwater #8 Haunted Post Traditional Cache
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Blackwater #8 Haunted Post
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A circular route of 11 urban caches looking at the history of Blackwater including a multi that can be picked up enroute. 1 extra cache is a drive by further along the A30.
This is part of the History of Blackwater series of caches. I have lived here all my life and have found it interesting delving into the past stories of the town. There are over a thousand years of history surrounding the river crossing at Blackwater, known as Brydrs Ford (Brides Ford) from the Crondall Hundred survey of 973-974 AD
A large amount of the local information on these cache pages is from a brilliant book called “I Remember, You Remember” by Nora Hough which is sadly out of print now but available to borrow from local libraries.
The main cache route is circular and can all be done on bike. It is approximately 2 miles long and whilst doing the caches you can collect the clues for the multi. There are a few main roads to cross so please be careful.
Many of the cache locations are busy with muggles, especially during rush hour so be careful!
A house used to be here called Park House/Hurstleigh House, where the boundary of Yateley and Hawley used to run right through the middle of the drawing room. One of the gate posts still remains to this day – the house apparently used to be haunted by a lady who would rush out through the gateway, cross the A30 and then disappear along Willow lane (which is almost opposite).
The Grandmother of two sisters (living at Woodside) saw this apparition. She worked at nearby Hawley Hill, but it was custom to “borrow the maids” from other houses to help whenever a big function was taking place. This particular night she was helping out at Hurstleigh and upon seeing the ghostly lady she dropped the full tray of glasses she was carrying at the time.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FTF - SEDBERGH :)
Additional Hints
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