GCYQME Skipssanden (Traditional Cache) in Nordland, Norway created by Team Bonsak in company with Team Zakko

This cache has been archived.

cervisvenator: Hi

While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for the cache owner and block other cachers from placing a cache in the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can’t do so forever.

Nothing seems to happen with this cache listing, so it is now archived, so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location. Also, if it hasn’t been done already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

If the owner wants it reopened, send me an e-mail and I’ll be happy to unarchive the cache listing if it still satisfies the requirement/guidelines.

(This reviewer note is in English so non-Norwegian cache owners, geocachers and cache reviewers can understand what it says.)

Thanks for your understanding,
Cervis Venator
Geocaching.com Volunteer Cache Reviewer

GCYQME ▼

A cache by Team Bonsak in company with Team Zakko Message this owner

Hidden : 10/7/2006

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Cachen ligger på Skipssanden, en utrolig vakker strand med svært spesiell sand som kommer fra
bergarten på stedet, som er sandstein.
Parker ved Stø Bobilcamp og følg merket sti til Skipssanden, turen tar ca. 15 minutter.
Her kan du også prøve et bad i Nord Atlanteren på 69 grader Nord og med 8 grader i vannet!

Det knyttes et sagn til Skipssanden : Etter et forlis drev ei billedramme i land her. Til billedramma var knyttet et lite pikebarn og en lerretssekk med penger. Ungen blei stammor til mange som bor i Øksnes den dag i dag.

Mer sannsynlig er at ramma kom fra et nederlandsk skip som forliste utenfor Klo i 1766.

Ramma henger nå i Langenes kirke.
For de som liker å vandre i fjellet er det mye flott turterreng i området.
Den mest populære turløypa kalles "Dronningruta", en fottur på 5-6 timer mellom Stø og Nyksund.
Turen er oppkalt etter Dronning Sonja som med jevne mellomrom besøker Vesterålen og Stø for å gå turer i skog og fjell.

English;
The cache is Located at Skipssanden, where pebble beaches, sand and a dip in the North Atlantic at 69 degrees NL and

8 degrees C in the water will be remembered for a spell!
Park at Stø Bobilcamp, and follow the marked path (a red "T" marked along the path)

According to a local legend there was a shipwreck here a long time ago, and the sole survivor from this wreck was a little girl tied to a wooden frame. Many people in the area say they can trace their families back to her! And the wooden frame is still there in

Langenes Church (build in the 1500-century).

Visit Vesterålen

Stø is a picturesque and lively fisherman village in the island district of Vesterålen in the province Nordland.
From the village Stø you can take part in different activities. During the summer season whalewatchtrips are organized
by Arctic Whaletours. There are many walking and hike opportunities in Stø.

The most famous is the “Dronningruta”, The Queens Route, that will take you from Stø till Nyksund.
At Stø they also organize bird- and sealsafaris, fishing trips and searafting trips.
In Stø you will experience all the things that characterizes Northern-Norway; deep fjords, hight mountains, hospitable people,

midnightsun in the summer and northern light in the winter.

Se også/Visit;
GoNorway - Øksnes township
Destination Stø

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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