Please put everything back exactly as you found it!!!
Speaking of Geocache Philosophy...
There are some who make difficult geocaches! Within this category of "difficult", I would say there are two basic types. The first, I would classify as "Hard-for-the-sake-of-hard"! We all have done them ... you see a D 5.0 and walk into the middle of a field and someone stuck a nano container, maybe with a stone on top of it or not, into the dirt. Secondly, there are the D 5.0 caches that drive you crazy but are fun, imaginative, twisted, et al!!! When you're done these ones, you relish and relive their "QUALITY", their "FINESSE", their "GRRRRRRR-why-didn't-I-see-that", for a long time!
Of course, many geocachers will disagree with me, and that is okay! We will have to agree to disagree! I am way too old and cynical to really care much anymore!
When I have been to those special "Quality" hides, I know it and I remember it. Of course, that doesn't mean I do not quite loudly tell the CO what I think of his/her deviousness all the while I can't find it!!!" LOL!!! When I go to the nano-in-a-field hides, I just put them on my Ignore list and walk away!
Remember, the log of this cache is not the place to respond to my Philosophy. I would suggest you rant, if you need to, on your favourite geo-social media!
I have placed two geocaches in this Cummock Tract. One for the sake of being hard, and the other I have tried to place with a little finesse, fun with a little twist. But we shall see!
Cache LONG and PROSPER ... as I would imagine what SPOCK would say!!!
Historical Beginnings...
James Samson, a Scottish immigrant, purchased 7,367 acres (2,981 ha) of land in the area in 1852. Samson built a general store and tavern along the Owen Sound Road (now Highway 6), and named the settlement after his hometown of Cumnock, Scotland. A post office was established in Samson's store in 1855, with Samson as postmaster.
In 1855, Richard Gluyas laid out Gluyasville a short distance north of Cumnock. Gluyasville was eventually absorbed by Cumnock.
The Wellington Grey and Bruce Railway built a line through Cumnock in 1871, and a station was built there. That same year, Cumnock was noted as having a saw mill, a wagon maker, and two hotels (the British Hotel and the Red Lion). The Red Lion Hotel was owned by Scottish immigrant John Muir, who "went back to Scotland several times to bring back wives to Cumnock".
The Cumnock Methodist Church was built in 1877.
Cumnock was noted as having a cheese factory in 1880.
Decline...
At its peak, Cumnock had a population of 200, though by 1908, the settlement had one hotel, two stores, two churches, and a population of 86.
The post office closed in 1915, and the Methodist church closed in 1924.
An author writing in 1933 described the northern boundary of Nichol Township "where Cumnock used to be", and by 1969, Cumnock was no longer listed on provincial maps.
The railroad line through Cumnock was eventually taken over by Canadian National Railway, and was abandoned in 1983.
Cumnock Tract...
In 1964, the County of Wellington purchased two parcels of forested land at Cumnock for recreational use. Located within the westernmost parcel is the Cumnock Tract, a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) walking trail.
Bibliography:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumnock,_Ontario