GCWDH8 St. Cybi's Well. Llangybi North Wales (Traditional Cache) in North Wales, United Kingdom created by gps

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A cache by gps_jack Message this owner

Hidden : 10/27/2006

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

St. Cybi's Well is a beautiful, peaceful and serene location in the village of Llangybi, Near Pwllheli and Criccieth in North Wales on the Llyn Peninsula. The well is housed in a small building whose roof and floors are long gone. The cottage is set with a beautiful backdrop of a wooded hill. Follow the path from the well through the woods to a trig point on Garn Bentyrch, a good walk with spectacular views of the coast.

St Cybis well, pronounced 'Cubbi'(I think)is an ancient place used by St.Cybi for healing the sick. The pool is about 8' square and filled by a beautiful clear stream. The well is inside the ruined building.

Follow the brown CADW tourist signs to the well, look for the village of Llangybi. There is parking for two or three cars adjacent to the brown sign for the site which directs you through a footpath. Here you walk through an iron gate, walk down the hill, through the field to an iron kissing gate, then turn right and walk alongside a not too obvious path which takes you along the edge of the field marked by low overhanging trees and bushes which will be on your left, the ground can be muddy and the field can have cattle grazing (judging by the marks in the mud) so have dogs on leads. At the end of the field you walk through two stone gate pillars and you are on a footpath, follow the path with the stream on your left until you see the well buildings and see an information sign on the metal fence for St Cybis Well, in say 200 metres or so.

The cache is a small click lock sealed box about 3" X 2" containing a log book, pencil and a few trinkets for exchange. The cache is hidden on the public footpath leading to St Cybis Well, look for two large stones, the cache is hidden by these. Please be sure to re-hide and cover the cache with the stone and moss as it is quite exposed if not.

After you have found the cache and visited the well you can either retrace your steps or you can walk back via a circular route, up the stepped path opposite the entrance to the well, through a field and to a stile and gate at the top of some steps that leads into a churchyard. The path leads through the churchyard and to a slate stile in the wall. If you turn right here in front of the beautiful white cottage the road leads you back to where you started from, by the brown sign.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx sbe n ynetr fgbar cebccrq hc ol nabgure, gur pnpur vf uvqqra haqrearngu n zbffl fgbar.

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)