#13 We’re Off to See the Wibsey! - Poppy Field (You're Out of the Woods).
A decorated clip lock box in a camo bag.
In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West sees Dorothy and her friends leaving the woods and heading for the Emerald City. She enchants the field of poppies in order to make Dorothy, Toto, and Cowardly Lion sleep. It works when they collapse. When Scarecrow and the Tin Man shout for help, Glinda is seen using her magic to make it snow causing the effects of the poppies to be neutralized.
One of a series of 25 drive by caches that are scattered along the journey from our home to that of the Wibsey Wench. Since there is not a very direct route from one place to the other this linear series runs along 21 miles of A and B roads along the border of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire that we regularly travel on our way to pick up the Wench (who does not drive) for caching adventures.
Since it is only likely to be completed in its entirety by family, friends and the completely obsessive, each one can stand alone as a cache and dash where you shouldn’t need to take more than 30 steps from your vehicle. PLEASE take appropriate precautions with the safety of children, dogs, yourself and other road users. Caches are placed on both sides of the road and close to lay-bys, field gateways and pull-ins to allow safe ‘hovering’ of your vehicle. There are other caches dotted along the route that could supplement this series if you so desire. I personally recommend the R.I.P. R.X. letterbox cache (GC3T2XR) found at the journey’s end.
Caches range in size from nano to regular Tupperware. Where possible, writing implements are within, but I’d recommend bringing a pen and a pair of tweezers.
Generally caches are not placed close to centres of population or commerce and many have no street lighting if you are considering a nocturnal hunt. The caches are not too challenging so as to allow you to grab and sign quickly causing minimal disruption to your journey and to other road users. They can be attempted in any order; they are numbered in ascending order from the Herefordshire end of the journey since that’s the direction we drive when we’re off to see the Wibsey. The lanes are often muddy due to agricultural vehicles made more interesting in warmer weather with added caravans and in chilly months with floodwater and gritters that only travel the main routes.
Congratulations to Andicap and MLF for being the first to follow all 25 caches to reach the Wibsey!
Congratulations to PhillipsFamily75 for being the First to Find the cache!
So, get your ruby slippers on, grab your basket and altogether now . . . “We’re off to see the Wibsey . . !”