To complete this virtual, you're invited to visit the Great Gate of St John's College, Cambridge.
The Great Gate was completed in 1516.
The gate is crenelated and adorned with the coat of arms of the college’s Foundress, Lady Margaret Beaufort.
The curious beasts on either side are yales, mythical animals having elephants' tails, antelopes' bodies and goats' heads, with horns which can supposedly swivel from back to front!
Above is a statue of St. John the Evangelist. At his feet is an eagle, the traditional symbol of the Saint. He holds a poisoned chalice, with a snake representing the legend that he charmed the poison out in the form of a serpent and then drank safely.
The tower was built by William Swayne. The heavy wooden gates date from 1665, and have traditional linen-fold panels.
TASKS:-
1. Please take a photo of yourself, your GPSr or a legible sign with your caching name, in front of the Great Gate, and include it in your log.
2. Please walk a short distance to the not so great gate at N52 12.500 E0 7.094 (waypoint 1) and tell me the date on the gate.
Example 1
Example 2
Please log your cache with your photo and send angelou666 your answer in numbers, not Roman numerals, via the message centre or via email.
Please do not email or message the pictures to me - they need to be in your log.
Please note, your logs may be deleted without warning if both tasks are not completed.
Happy Caching!
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.
