Wishmoor Cross Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Tom's Brother: I've decided I should archive the cache. The site had been cleared of the undergrowth that it was originally hidden in, making it much more difficult to hide.

I have already found another spot not too far away where I can plant another cache. It will still be close enough to Wishmoor Cross for me to give it a similar name. I hope to get the new cache up and running in less than 2 weeks.

Thanks to all those who visited the cache and made appreciative comments over its 2 year life.

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Hidden : 8/7/2005
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is placed on Bagshot Heath, part of the large area of forest bounded by Bracknell, Bagshot, Camberley and Crowthorne.

Bagshot Heath was a renowned haunt of highwaymen particularly during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a desolate and dangerous area. But, for those highwaymen captured by the authorities, retribution was swift… and local. Their rotting remains could often be seen swinging in chains here at Wishmoor Cross.

John Gay, who wrote the Beggars’ Opera, journeyed from London to Exeter in 1715 and wrote a poem about the experience. Of his passage through Bagshot Heath he wrote:

Prepared for War, now Bagshot Heath we cross
Where broken gamesters oft' repair their loss.

However, some travellers across the heath were not so badly treated. There is an old story told of the chivalrous French highwayman, Claude Duval in which he took only 100 of £400 from a certain party on the condition that the beautiful young lady, in the coach, dance with him.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va n pyhzc bs Fvyire Ovepu gerrf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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