Welcome to Nostell Film Club!
The Film Festival features twelve Movies for you to enjoy.
1. The Post - 2017 - Dir- Stephen Spielberg 12A
2. Up - 2009 - Dir - Pete Docter U
3. The Fence - 1994 Dir - Peter Pistor Unclassified
4. A Low Down Dirty Shame - 1994 - Dir- Keenan Ivory Wayans 18
5. The Oak Tree - 2017 Dir - Ethan Jahan Unclassified Foreign Language
6. Rotation - 1949 - Dir - Wolfgang Staudte Unclassified Foreign Language
7. Fallen - 2016 - Dir - Scott Hicks 12A
8. Bird - 1988 - Dir - Clint Eastwood 15
9. El Crack - 1981 - Dir - Jose Luis Garci Unclassified Foreign Language
10. Faeries - 1999 - Dir - Gary Hurst PG
11. High Strung - 2016 - Dir - Michael Damian U
12. Bonus - 2001 - Dir - Nikos Zapatinas Unclassified Foreign Language
If the films are not showing when you visit why not try your hand at Geocaching! Their titles might come in handy if you are stuck.
The walk will take you around the recently regrassed Further Vista, through Engine Wood (which is a mass of bluebells in season). It is not really suitable for cycles, although they are allowed. Buggies and strollers should only be used if you can push on grass /indistinct footpaths and be able to lift it over a stile. It is not suitable for mobility scooters or wheelchairs. All caches have been double averaged but, as anyone who has placed caches knows, tree cover and atmospheric conditions can affect accuracy. If you find you do not agree with my coords by all means put your reading in your log.
The Vista, up to a few years ago had been cereal fields. The National Trust has reseeded it with grass and wildflowers. To ensure it returns into a natural wildflower meadow cattle will graze it a certain times of year; they are used to people but normal precautions should be taken.
It is easy walking, 4.1 Km with an elevation change of only 50 metres. Without searching it takes about an hour and a quarter. Each cache page will give you a walk-through to the next. A full walk-through, and all the questions are added at the end of this page; you might like to copy it into Word and print it. I have included a matrix for you to enter the info. I have added a couple of waypoints. There is no need to climb any fences; there is always a gate or stile to give access.
Do not cache after dark as you might be mistaken for a poacher. The carpark closes at dusk.
There is plenty of parking, which is free to National Trust members, otherwise £4.00. Entrance to the parkland is free. Regular public transport stops outside the gates.
There are toilets, baby change, water and refreshments available in the stable block, a short walk from the car park.
The caches have been placed with the knowledge and enthusiastic permission of the National Trust. Please treat this lovely area with respect, leave no litter. If muggles are about, act with stealth; if NT staff are around don't hesitate to tell them what you are up to.
There is a bonus cache; you need to collect information as you walk the route. The information, for the most part, is NOT in the cache itself.
After you park head for GZ where you will see a notice board which will give the information to find #1. Look at the map and gather the numbers. Only look at the map, ignore the key/legend information. Once you have crunched the numbers walk down to first cache.
N53 g(n-d).p(b * k)
W001 (j + n - h). (m + e) (j - b) p
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How many bike arrows
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How many green symbols
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How many 50 things
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How many butterflies
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How many named lakes
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How many dog symbols
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How many "not allowed" crossed though symbols
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How many vegetable symbols
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How many letters in the top two words
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How many letters in the name of the beck
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How many windows/doors in the Menagerie
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How many letters in the longest word
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How many snake symbols
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Once you have made the find at #1 gather the bonus information for A - How many diagonals in the nearest gates?
Walk along the haha to the waypoint (N53 39.151' W1 22.704') where you can get the information for B - How many gates are there?
Go through the gate in the corner, walk the other side of the haha until you arrive at a gate on your left at waypoint "Gate" N53° 39.061' W1° 22.719', collect the information for C , go through the gate and on to cache #2. There is a gate about 20 metres along the fence line. C - How many letters on gate leading in to the field?
Walk back into the field; turn left, head up the field, through the gate and on to cache #3. D - How many staples are holding the wire fencing?
Follow the fence line to cache #4. You do not need to cross the fence. E - How many nails on top of the nearest post?
Follow the fence line to the stile (there is a dog door) then walk along the bridle path to cache #5. Do not walk on the busy road; the cache is not on it. F - The information is on the cache container.
Carry on along the bridle path next cache #6. G - How many letters in gate maker's name?
Head for the waypoint for the entrance to Engine Wood. N53 39.090' W1 21.948' Once through the gate take the smaller path to the right which will lead to cache #7 H - There is a metal fence close to the cache, how many horizontal rails?
Follow the meandering path to a clearing between the two parcels of woodland to cache #8. This area was mined for coal in the time it was a Priory you will see evidence of collapsed bell pits. J - How many visible nails on the cache?
Enter the next piece of woodland and follow the path to cache #9. K - Close to the cache is a wooden fence with stone fence posts. How many holes in each post?
The path continues, you can see a field on your right, but keep in the woodland. At #10 M - How many gold painted screwheads on the door and hinges?
Leave the woodland, walking the field edge onto the path; turn right to cache #11.
Go to the seat close to the path; get the final piece of information. Sit down and crunch the numbers. N - How many words in the top line?
N 53 BA KDG W 001.2N G-B (C+E+F+H+J+M)