The Flitwick Bug
The Flitwick Bug has been created to mark DJ:CD reaching 800 finds. The bug has been many months in the making but it is finally here!
The whole bug will consist of 185 mystery caches once they have all been published; of varying difficulty, but of fairly low terrain - as explained further below.
Since I started caching I have struggled to find many local series that I have been able to do with my children. You will notice that every cache in this series has the "Pushchair" attribute. There may be a requirement for children to leave the buggy in order to retrieve the cache, however be assured that every cache has been put in place by my 2 year-old daughter. If you find yourself swimming down a stream or climbing telegraph poles, then you've probably gone wrong somewhere!
In order to set 185 caches in our local area it may be possible that the distance between the co-ordinates for the puzzle and the actual cache is slightly greater than most cachers prefer. Once you have solved all the puzzles it will make your planning a lot easier.
Every puzzle has been set to be solved and every cache has been placed to be found. It is possible to solve & find each puzzle on its own - none of the puzzles rely on another being solved or found.
Please contact me via my profile if you require any assistance or feedback.
Most importantly, enjoy yourself!
The cache is not at the published co-ordinates.
The Gaudies v the Geordies
The 1955 FA Cup Final was contested by Newcastle United and Manchester City at Wembley.
Newcastle won 3–1, with goals from Jackie Milburn in the first minute (after 45 seconds, a record in a final at Wembley, a record he held until 1997), Bobby Mitchell and George Hannah. Bobby Johnstone scored City's goal. The game was virtually decided when Man City fullback Meadows was turned inside out by the elusive and mercurial Bobby Mitchell and after 22 minutes was stretchered off with a bad leg injury. The process of substitutions were not allowed in English football until 1967. Newcastle were already leading and this just added to City's woes, as their much-vaunted "Revie Plan" (based on a deep-lying centre-forward in Don Revie, later to be England manager) failed to fire.
Man City had flashy tracksuits (virtually unheard-of at the time), so the game was "the Gaudies v the Geordies".
As they won, Newcastle have chosen to represent the North which means Manchester City will represent the West.
The cache can be found at:
N 51 59. White Scoular Stokoe W 000 27.0 Spurdle Meadows
