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Hidden : Friday, December 26, 2025
Difficulty:
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Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

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I will be in the area over the festive season and I thought it was a good opportunity to meet up with some local cachers. The area outside the the Art Centre in St Peter's seems to offer plenty of space, and I imagine it is accessible for  wheelchair users (but I'm not 100% certain of that).

I believe the name Boxing Day derives from the tradition of giving employees ( / servants) a box of leftovers and gifts as thanks for their work over the year, since 26th December was one of the few days when they had time off to visit their families. A little online research teaches me that it was also the day when churches would distribute money collected for the poor in alms boxes during the run up to Christmas. 

26th December is also St Stephen's Day, and historically wrens were sacrificed - possibly to symbolise the death of winter? - and sometimes taken door to door by masked 'wren boys' who would ask people to pay "to see the King" (the wren is known as The King of Birds - there's more on this in the description for GCAFZN8 Traces (KP#3), if you are interested). You may be familiar with the song The King, which was sung in Pembrokeshire as part of this ceremony. There are other songs to mark the day, including 'Hunting the Wren' and 'The Wren in the Furze'.

Anyway... we won't be harming any wrens (real or fake) but it would be lovely to see anyone who is able to make it. 

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