The trail is about 3 ½ miles long, the majority on public footpaths, apart from the last couple of hundred metres from Thiefhole back to the village. Please take care with children and dogs once on the road.
It can be quite muddy in places so please wear appropriate footwear.
The trail which is designed for both children and adults consists of 13 caches and a bonus.
Some of the caches are clippy boxes containing “treasure” and information about different pigs and some of them are more devious micro type caches.
The Pig (not the piglet ones) caches contain a clue to the coordinates of the bonus cache. You need to look at the poem carefully noting a word that is different and the related letter on the card. The number of the cache is irrelevant. .
Please make a note of that information.
Please replace the caches exactly as you found them.
Street side parking in the village.
General Information about pigs
Pigs are intelligent animals.
Like humans, pigs are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and other animals.
A pig’s snout is an important tool for finding food in the ground and sensing the world around them.
Pigs have an excellent sense of smell.
There are around 2 billion pigs in the world.
Humans farm pigs for meat such as pork, bacon and ham.
Some people like to keep pigs as pets.
Wild pigs (boar) are often hunted in the wild. In some areas of the world,
Wild boars are the main source of food for tigers.
Relative to their body size, pigs have small lungs.
The Tamworth
Today's Tamworth is thought to be the most typical breed descended from the old indigenous species, the Old English Forest pig.. It is now therefore the oldest pure English breed and, as a result, it is also sometimes crossed with wild boar to produce distinctive gamey pork. The red-gold hair of the Tamworth ensures that it is one of the most easily recognisable of the traditional pig breeds. A typical Tamworth has the longest snout of the present day domestic breeds. It has prick ears, giving it an alert appearance. This reflects its inquisitive nature.. A Tamworth's head should not be too long - the face should be slightly dished and wide between the ears, with a light jowl. The large ears are finely fringed and carried slightly inclined. The skin should be flesh coloured and free from coarseness, wrinkles or black spots. The coat is distinctively golden red, abundant, straight, fine and as free of black hairs as possible. As with all traditional breeds, the Tamworth is hardy and can be kept in environments ranging from rough pasture to meadowland. Of all the native breeds it is particularly resistant to sunburn. Well over a century ago, when landowners, farmers, hotel keepers and cottagers kept pigs to cure their own bacon, the Tamworth enjoyed popularity due to its ability to produce white-fleshed carcases with long sides and big hams. As the breed's name suggests, these pigs are traditionally remembered as cottagers' pigs in the Midlands.