A Cache of Ice and Fire #10 - Samwell Tarly.
One of a series of caches that will take you on an adventure into the Gollans Stream area between Wainuiomata and Eastbourne. The series is designed to be accessed via Rata Ridge Track - I recommend accessing it from the end of Lees Grove in Wainuiomata. These caches are based on established Bait Lines through the reserve area. Please respect the hard work of the volunteers who work in this area - do not touch, alter, or damage any of the pest control traps. None of the caches are located near a trap - there is no need for you to come into contact with them. GPS reception in this area can be patchy - almost all of these caches are therefore hidden directly on or beside the Bait Line.
This series is named after some of the many characters from the A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels (later adapted into the successful television show "Game of Thrones"). This particular cache celebrates Samwell Tarly.
As a child, Sam was always more interested in books than in combat, which did not sit well with his father. On one occasion he even expressed a desire to become a maester, but Lord Randyll put an end to that notion by chaining him in a dungeon for three days and nights because Tarlys are not servants. When a second son, Dickon, was born, Sam was given the choice of joining the Night's Watch or dying in a "hunting accident." When he arrived at Castle Black, Ser Alliser Thorne took an immediate dislike to him and ordered the other trainees to attack him mercilessly. Jon Snow intervened to stop them and, realizing that Sam would be seriously hurt or killed if this continued, convinced the other trainees not to attack him during practice, becoming friends with Sam in the process.