Talking to the Troops (Hampshire) Traditional Geocache
Talking to the Troops (Hampshire)
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This cache is located on the South Downs Way, very close to the
natural amphitheatre at Cheesefoot Hill, on the outskirts of
Winchester.
In April 1944 six weeks before D-Day the US Army held a boxing
tournament, thousands of British and American troops lined the
steep ****s of the punch bowl to watch the top bill Joe Louis the
heavyweight boxing champion of the world. It is also believed that
Eisenhower briefed the US troops on the D-day landing in this
stunning valley.
May now sees the annual music festival (Homelands) making use of
the perfect natural bowl. This cache will be disabled around this
event.
Suggested parking is at N51º 02.788 W001º14.755 There is an
information board at this location giving a full history of the
site. The walk to the cache can be muddy after rain so stout shoes
or wellies would be advisable.
Please keep to public footpaths there is no need to climb fences to
find the cache.
It would be a wise idea to take a note of the road number on which
the suggested park is on, this may be of use when you find the
cache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gur pnpur vf ng gur onfr bs n gerr ol gur srapr.