The word stick dates from around the 10th Century and was first put into print in Old English Leechdoms, 1150, with the meaning of 'a slender branch or twig of a tree when cut or broken off'. In the following thousand years, all manner of thin pointed objects have been called sticks from conductor batons and cricket stumps to French loaves.
'In the sticks' is just a reference to an area where there are lots of twigs, that is, the countryside. It was first an American expression but is now used throughout the English speaking world.
The earliest citation of this phrase found is from the US newspaper the Florence Times Daily, Nov 1897 : ".... he gathered from 1 1/2 acres this year 21 barrels of corn. If any man ' away in the sticks ' can beat this, in the language of ' Philander Doesticks ', we exclaim, "let him stand forward to de rear."
This cache has been placed along side the main path. Although well disguised, it is visible and accessible from the path and therefore hiking gear will not be required. I do however recommend bringing along tweezers to assist in extracting the log as it can be a tight fit in the cache.
Due to tree cover, the coordinates aren't as accurate as I would like and seem to point to the wrong side of the path so to avoid confusion, the cache is hidden on the East side of the path or on your right hand side if you've walked from the main car park.
***Well done to Breagha1 and Boss for FTF***