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Tysoe Trail 6 - Prunus Hedera Traditional Cache

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Mumandjack: no sign of cache so archiving

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Hidden : 10/26/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

It should be a quick cache and dash but please be respectful of the neighbours around! It can be a busy road so take care. The cache has been placed around chest level. If approaching from #5 have added a waypoint for the gate out of field to road as I found it difficult to spot from the bridge


A re-cycled cache, its old life was a film canister. Should be found fast enough. Please put it back where you found it.

From Tysoe Trail No 5, you need to carry on from the bridge in a NW direction (following direction of arrow ion bridge) towards a footpath between two bungalows, towards Lane End. Turn right into Lane End and right onto the main road at the end!

Our first cache! We set this in October 2015 and have since added another 6 to form a series of seven caches. This is now cache number 6 in the trail. If you are walking the trail in sequence, you will need to head towards 'Lane End' from Tysoe Trail 5, and then walk along Lane End towards Tysoe Road. Please be aware that the public footpath adjacent to the bungalow on Lane End can get extremely muddy/boggy in wet weather.

This series of seven caches takes you around the pretty village and surrounding fields of Middle Tysoe, to Lower Tysoe and back. The entire walk is about 1-1.5 hours, including looking for caches (probably less than two miles) and is best started in the centre of Middle Tysoe. We recommend that you take another half hour to enjoy the village shops! The Post Office is an Aladdin's cave of treasure for fantastic gifts and the village shop is exactly as it should be - stocked well and full of everything. A fabulous community set of shops!!

The name Tysoe derives from "Tiw's Hoh" or a spur of hillside dedicated to the Saxon war- god Tiw. Evidence from folk memory and historical documents show that a Red Horse was cut in the hillside above Tysoe, giving its name to the Vale of the Red Horse. Research and aerial photography in the 1960s show that three horse figures were cut in the slope called The Hangings above Old Lodge Farm at different times - one of them a huge galloping horse about 100yds x 70 yds. in size. Later figures were cut at Sun Rising Covert and Spring Hill, but none are now visible. There is evidence of two Roman sites - one on Sun Rising Hill, and the other in a field above Middle Tysoe. In the Civil War, Tysoe was billeted by parliamentary troops before the battle of Edgehill. (Extract from D-block GB-432000-243000 on www.bbc.co.uk/domesday)

Well done to MumandJack for FTF on 1/11/15!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)