Travel Bug Dog Tag Dick Turpin

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Released:
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Origin:
United Kingdom
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My aim is to travel around the world being photographed at locations where other notorious outlaws carried out their evil deeds.

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Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin was a notorious British highwayman who robbed people in the area of Epping Forest east of London in England. Later in his life, to avoid capture, he moved north where he was arrested for his ungentlemanly attitude after killing a cock. He was then recognised for who he was and convicted for horse thieving and hanged on York Knavesmire on 7th April 1739. Though horse theft carried the death penalty at the time, it was not the normal sentence. It is thought that Dick Turpin was executed for the offence more to avoid the necessity of sending him to London to stand trial for crimes for which he would undoubtedly hang rather than specifically for the horse theft itself. The TB is a horse brass depicting Dick Turpin and his legendary ride from York to London on his horse Black Bess. There is little evidence to support Dick Turpin ever having made this famous ride, the story first appearing in work of fiction. If the ride ever did take place, it is more likely to have been undertaken by another highwayman Quick Nick who is said to have made the ride to successfully establish an alibi for a crime that he had committed elsewhere.

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Tracking History (26690.3mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 5/3/2008 ninasclan retrieved it from THEY CALL ME BRUCE Queensland, Australia   Visit Log

Not so sure if there are any notorious outlaws near here, but will keep a look out.
Discovered It 5/1/2008 strong-arm discovered it   Visit Log

Found this one in a big group of Travel Bugs and Geocoins but left in the cache for someone else to grab.
Dropped Off 4/30/2008 GreenGecko1 placed it in THEY CALL ME BRUCE Queensland, Australia - 621.28 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/6/2008 GreenGecko1 retrieved it from LOAF OF SUGAR New South Wales, Australia   Visit Log

After a long hiatus, high time Dick took to the highways again.
Dropped Off 9/30/2007 doog293 placed it in LOAF OF SUGAR New South Wales, Australia - 367.74 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/11/2007 doog293 retrieved it from endangered species New South Wales, Australia   Visit Log

Taking it to southern NSW
Dropped Off 8/5/2007 Grahame Cookie placed it in endangered species New South Wales, Australia - 31.61 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/5/2007 Grahame Cookie retrieved it from Henry Kendall New South Wales, Australia   Visit Log

😉 Some nefarious caching done in the middle of the night probably does not count, but Dick Turpin had fun anyway.
Dropped Off 8/5/2007 Grahame Cookie placed it in Henry Kendall New South Wales, Australia - 29.05 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/4/2007 Grahame Cookie retrieved it from Procrastinating Again New South Wales, Australia   Visit Log

😉 2150 This has been sitting at Wingham Brush watching a few misdeeds done, but nothing too blood curdling! Going further than the Manning Valley now.
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