History of the site - St Helens Well
This geocache is sited near the location of St Helens Well. Here you will see cloths and rags attached to the trees. This is a very traditional activity associated with Wells. A ritual to hope for good health, or god luck, or maybe even an offering to the Gods. The importance of the springs when other areas ran dry cannot be underestimated. St Helens Well is thought to have been in use since Roman times for healing purpose. It is thought that it was then associated with a Saint and given a Christian connection, and subsequently became a place of pilgrimage.
About the Yorkshire Wolds Way Geocache Trail
This Geocache is part of a Geocache trail between Market Weighton and Goodmanham for the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail. Note down the one or two letters found on the lid of each box. Visit all 5 boxes and unscramble the 9 letters to make two words, one of 4 letters and one of five letters.
The other geocaches in this series are
Yorkshire Wolds Way Geocache Trail – Railway
Yorkshire Wolds Way Geocache Trail - stream
Yorkshire Wolds Way Geocache Trail – Quarry
Yorkshire Wolds Way Geocache Trail – Village
The final geocache at Goodmanham gives you details on how to claim a reward for each group of geocachers – a National Trail Geocoin for you to drop in any geocache, with a mission to visit all the National Trails in England and Wales. These are in short supply, which is why we are afraid we can only give one coin to each geocaching group.