A simple off-set multi set in the village of South Weston, Oxfordshire. It involves looking for information within the churchyard, followed by a short walk to the cache location.
The Church of England parish church of St. Lawrence is in the small village of South Weston; this being less than 2 miles from J6 of the M40. The village has about 20 households.
The church was re-built of flint in 1860 in Decorated Gothic style. It incorporates some of the previous Norman church, which was a very simple building with no tower. The font is 13th century and there is a 14th century tomb recess in the north wall of the chancel. The church was renovated in 1988 to make it more suitable for services. There is a distinctive open central turret with a spirelet above. On the outside east wall, there is a statue of St Lawrence. Services are held every third Sunday morning.
You need to look for information within the churchyard:
1. The number of spikes on the left outer gate to the porch = A
2. The number of spikes on the right outer gate to the porch = B
3. The number of drainpipes around the church = C
4. The number of large gargoyles on the bell tower = D
The cache is at N51° 40.A(D-1)(B-1) W000° 59.(C-B)(D+2)(A-1). The total co-ordinates add up to 51.
The cache is bison micro container, just above ground level. Please bring your own pen/pencil.
There is no church car park, but usually there is roadway parking close by, or at the south east end of the village (near the post box) on the grass verge.
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If you would like to add to the Church Micro series yourself then please look here: http://churchmicro.co.uk/
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page that can be found at
http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html