At the starting point you should be on or near a bridge over a
canal. When it was completed in 1805, this stretch was known as the
Grand Junction Canal but was joined with other sections to become
the Grand Union Canal.
So that the bargemen knew where they were, each bridge was
numbered consecutively. The number of this bridge is AB.
Walk East. The Green gives the village part of its name;
Woughton on the Green. It is listed in the Domesday book (1086) as
Ulchestone but dates to an earlier Saxon settlement of "Wulha's
tun".
Follow this road East, past the green, though a white fence and
down a lane with some thatched and half-timbered houses on the
right and a stone wall and field on the left.
At the end of the lane is a tree (and a pub called the Olde Swan
- drop in for food and a pint) From the tree you can see a dovecote
in the gable end of a building. How many nest holes are there?
C.
To your left is the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary (13th century). On the tower is a clock, marked with VR
(Victoria Regina) and a date: DEFG.
Walk down the road (south), past the pub until you reach a
telephone box, the number is (01908)HIJKLM. Across the road is a
public footpath, this will take you back to the canal - use it -
and walk through what obviously used to be an orchard.
The Cache is located at:
N52 0D.CM4 W0 4K.GB2
To get back to your starting point, turn right before the bridge
and walk through the wooded lane.