The Perch
Inn-
N 51° 45.969 W 001°
17.198
The Perch Inn is a traditional thatched ale house dating from the
13th century, and takes its name from the Perch fish caught locally
in the Thames river. Although suffering two fires in 1956 and again
in 1976, The Perch still retains its higgledy piggeldy charm as
well as many of its original features such as flag stone floors,
large open fireplace and oak beams, with extensive gardens to the
rear. The pub is located in the sleepy village of Binsey, to the
north west of Oxford city, just off of the River
Thames.
Whilst at the Perch take a quick
look up at its thatched roof and count the chimney pots, this will
give you answer A
The Trout Inn -
N 51° 46.789 W 001°
17.977
Probably
Oxfords best known pub, built in 1133ad The Trout Inn and the
riverbanks that it is nestled upon have witnessed many events,
including the birth of one of the most enchanting stories ever
written, Alice in Wonderland. It was visited by King Henry II and
his mistress Rosamund the fair, who was brutally murdered by
Queen Eleanor and is said to walk these grounds to this day; keep
your eyes opened for The White Lady! Of course, it was one of
Inspector Morse's favourite pubs and the author, Colin Dexter is
said to be a regular. The adjacent Godstow Bridge was destroyed in
a fierce battle during the civil war in 1645 and was later
rebuilt.
On Godstow bridge you will find a
stone plaque with the year 1B92
engraved upon it.
Now you
have all the information you need to find the cache using the
following formula:
N 51° 46.(B-A)(B-6)0 W 001° 17.(A-6)(B-1)2
Once found please
replace the cache as found (or as per decrypted hint if unsure)
ensuring that the camoflage is in place.
This container IS watertight when the lid is
correctly fitted, so please ensure that the lid of the container is
securely fitted. This cache is hidden on a flood meadow of the
River Thames and WILL spend a small amount of time
underwater.
AND PLEASE DO NOT PUSH IT OUT OF REACH !!
The pictures from the
first Cache-Cam can be viewed
here.
If you recognise anyone then please do add a comment, although you
will need to create a free account to do this.
As my employer has decided that it would be a good idea to
move the whole organisation to Bristol, the Phillimore's (Mad H@ter
and Muddy Legs) will be moving on to pastures new and some fresh
caches. Unfortunately this will mean that it will become difficult
for us to maintain our Oxfordshire caches, so we will therefore be
gradually archiving the majority of them. We shall start our
program of collecting the caches and archiving them in the new
year, but as we have one or two caches out there this will not be a
five minute program! If you would particularly like to find this
cache before it is archived please get in touch and we will try and
hold off archiving it.