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THIS WAS THE FIRST CACHE
WE EVER PLACED AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF IT. PLEASE TRY AND GIVE IT
A GO IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA..
The village of Bucknell is steeped in history and was first
mentioned in the Doomsday Book, when it was owned by the Norman
knight, Gilbert de Amory. On the chimney of the Trigger Pond pub
there is a date of 1692, so there must have been a building here
for at least 300 years. Records show that it was originally divided
into three cottages. There is evidence of this inside, with three
fireplaces still remaining. In the early 1900s it became a butchers
shop and then, in the early 20s was run as an off licence. The off
licence allowed drinking on benches outside and there was one
across the road by the pond, as there still is today. Glasses where
not supplied so customers had to bring their own vessels to drink
from. It was not until 1947 that a full licence was obtained,
allowing customers to enjoy a drink inside. In the late 80s the
pond was excavated as it had almost dried up. During the
excavation, a line of local stone was found within the pond. The
stone was well worn, smooth and formed a track. It is thought the
pond could have been an old cart pond. The Waggoner’s would
stop their carts in the water while both they and the horse enjoyed
a rest. This allowed the wooden cartwheels to swell, and form a
tighter grip on the iron tyres. It is said that this may be a link
with the name “Trigger Pond” as a “trigger”
is part of the breaking mechanism on early wooden carts. Another
explanation is that the name derives from a corruption of
“twigger”. It is said that villagers collected twigs
from the pond for basket making.....You decide! One last thing...
You have surely observed the water tower adjacent to the M40 ? What
you may not know, is that it was built (in 1903/4) to supply water
to this sleepy village.
You can start our
Tower Trail series of caches at the tower, visit:-
Tower Trail - Nano
Nightmare for further
details.
Now, on to this easy 3 part cache.... At the above coordinates
you will find a tall sign, convert some of the letters in the
BOTTOM LINE (this word begins with W) into numbers in the time
honoured way. You need to convert the 2nd, 3rd and 8th letters to
give you A, B and C in the formula below:-
51° 55. (B+2)(A+B)C W001°
10.(C-A)C(C+A). This will take you to the location of the next
clue.
Once you have found this,
you will have all the information you need for another
smiley!
The final cache is a regular sized
“lock & lock” box which contains the usual
assortment of goodies. Good luck.