The Uffington White Horse Trail takes you through some of my favourite countryside. It takes in part of the Ridgeway between Wayland's Smithy and White Horse Hill as well as along part of the Lambourn Valley Way. There are no stiles or livestock to negotiate and most of the paths are easy to follow. However parts of the route can be very overgrown, particularly in summer. And of course, this being the UK, you can expect mud in the winter and plenty of nettles in the summer. But you will be rewarded with some fantastic views.
The series consists of 31 caches in total over a distance of about 7 miles. There are 28 traditional caches, 1 Letterbox, 1 multi and 1 puzzle. The puzzle and the multi will require you to divert from the main loop but that means you can start the series wherever you like and go in whichever direction round the series takes your fancy.
There is also Uffington White Horse (Oxfordshire) by The Wombles (GC8964) en-route, as well as, The Manger (Earthcache) by wirewoman (GC476K3) on White Horse Hill.
When setting the series I used three different parking places which I have included as waypoints with UWHT #01. You can also use the National Trust car park on White Horse Hill at a cost of £4 (cash only) for the day.
In order to locate this cache you will need to work out the coordinates using the values for A B C D E which can be found by visiting the following four waypoints.
1) At the published coordinates there is a gate on which you will find a telephone number. It is 01793 78A879.
2) Make you way to the Trig Point (N51 34.527 W001 34.037). There are two 4-digit numbers on the feature. One of them is BC87.
3) A short distance away is an information board about the iron age Uffington Castle (N51 34.548 W1 34.069). There are two dates given in the information add the digits of the second date to give you the value of D.
4) Now go and have a look at the White Horse (N51 34.628 W001 34.007). There is a sign asking you not to walk on the horse. E = number of words in block capitals on the sign.
Check sum: A+B+C+D+E=29
You will Find the cache at:
N51 34 . (D-A) (B+C-D) 0
W001 34 . 0 (C-A) E
The National Trust very kindly gave their permission to set this cache.