The original
cache was taken by Muggles so has been replaced. The cache is at
the same co-ordinates but a different hiding place.
The cache is a
pill box box containg the
following:
Log sheet
Pen
The path to
this cache follows part of the route of Ned the Donkey.
Ned was owned by John Hallam in the early 1800's.
Ned carried Scythe & the Scythe
& Sickle blades, unaccompanied, between what is now the Craft
Centre at Ridgeway and the Never Fear Dam.
The
co-ordinates shown are for the public car park. Do not park in the Pub car park;
follow the track to the right of the Public Toilet.
To find the
actual; Co-ordinates of the cache first answer these
questions.
The
answers are on the interpretive board in the Car
Park.
Q1. How old
was Ned the Donkey when he died?
Q2. What is
the number on the map, of the dam previously called
“Swan
Lake”?
Deduct the answer to Q1 from the last three digits
of N53 19.088
Deduct the answer to Q2 from the last three digits of
W001 23.105
Note: From autumn to spring this is definitely a
welly walk, you have been
warned.