This cache is one of a series of 26, the Surrey A-Z, placed across the county by a team of 'Surrey Cachers'. The caches vary in type, size, and difficulty, and each location has a different initial letter...
'F' is for Farleigh.
Farleigh is a village in the civil parish of Chelsham and Farleigh in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. It is located in theNorth Downs AONB and Metropolitan Green Belt, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Croydon, 13.4 miles (21.6 km) south of London, and 25 miles (40 km) WNE of Surrey's county town, Guildford. Farleigh lay within the Anglo-Saxon feudal division of Tandridge hundred. Farleigh appears in Doomsday Book of 1086 as the manor of Ferlega. It was held by Robert de Wateville from Richard Fitz Gilbert (de Care and de Tonbridge). Its doomsday assets were: 1⁄2 hide; 2 ploughs, 1 ox, to its overlords per year rendering £3.
The Cache, Pigeon Fishing in Farleigh
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 351 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons, and doves. They are distributed among 50 genera. This one is common, find the pigeon as a target to get the cache. (no pigeons were harmed in the making of this cache)
There is a lovely small pond just on the edge of Farleigh, the cache is located close to the edge of the pond, you are looking for a pigeon in a tree.
Good luck and happy caching.
Please take care of small children close to the water.
Bonus Cache
Bonus numbers will be present in some of the caches in the series, collect these numbers as you will need to use them should you wish to find the series bonus '* - Bonus Cache - Surrey A-Z'
Please only log a find if you have signed the log. If you haven't, try adding a "write note" instead. Thanks.