The Eccleshall Tour Multi-cache
ticklebrick: It’s time I archived this one to make space for others around eccy.
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My First Cache! A total route of around 3.6km. Some parts will not be suitable for wheelchairs. A torch may prove useful on dull days. Some parts of the tour have thick tree cover in the summer which may cause you to search for a good GPS signal. The final cache is a 1.2km round trip and will involve a gentle climb, crossing styles and possible encounters with livestock. NOTE THE ITEM IN PART HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO OUTSIDE THE COOP STORE
This is a multiple tour around the 7th Century town of Eccleshall – Eccleshall lies in the Sow valley in one of the most picturesque areas of Staffordshire. For many centuries it was the market town for a large agricultural area and the country home of the Bishops of Lichfield. In the 19th Century it became even more prosperous as an important staging post for coaching traffic on the London to Chester route. This accounts for the high number of Pubs and Inns once reaching a total of 12 of which only 7 remain today. The many and varied shops in the town still cater for the needs of residents and visitors alike. Housing developments in recent years have helped to maintain the town’s vibrant community. Eccleshall is a well preserved market town with a large number of listed and architecturally significant buildings in the High Street. It is easily accessible and yet retains a charm that many other small towns have lost. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING:- *** FTF - GEORDIE SAMURAI *** *** STF - THE BIGNALL BOPPERS *** *** TTF - THE BOLAS HEATHENS *** START At the Eagle Car Park (the landlord has given permission.) N52° 51.465 W 002° 15.154 PART1 A window to watch (Question to Answer) N52° 51.585 W 002° 15.088 NOW MOVED TO OUTSIDE COOP Head down the road to the co-ords and look in the large display window. Now this is the start of our Geocaching game So count all the letters in the ‘Appliance’s’ name? A=____ Now ‘Sub O.’ and colleagues restored the same.? Tell me how many letters in his surname B=____ PART2 £400 for this (Question to Answer) - Now go to N52 51.50(B-4) W2 15.14(A-1) Once a Congregational Chapel built in 1840 for the sum of £400 and closed at the start of WW1. A place for the rich and a place for the poor, Pray tell me what number is on the front door? C= ____ PART3 A Taxing Place (Question to Answer) Go to N52 51.A(B-3)(A+4) W2 15.0(C+2)(A-2) Beneath the façade of this premier coaching house is the original Elizabethan building formerly known as the Unicorn. By 1881 it was the official collection point for Excise Duty. What year in the 90’s did it win the first prize for best licensed premises despite its large size? D=____ PART4 A weighty problem. (Question to Answer) Make your way to N52 51.CA(D-3) W2 15.(D-3)(A-D)(D+A) Look around and you will spy, a thing for lifting weights up high. The safe load is 500k, what number after A69 Eh!? E= ____ PART5 Broken sign (Question to Answer) Onward to N52 51.B(E-2)(C) W2 15.(A-E)(B-C)E As you wriggle yourself through the gate, look left to see a broke signplate. Deduct the number of letters on the top line (minus1) from those on the bottom line. F= ____ PART6 Special branch (Question to Answer) Now find N52 51.CEF W2 15.E(B+F)B Face church gate, look right and take your chances, and find a micro amongst the many branches. Inside it you will see the number for the letter G , G= ____ (About 2 foot from the base) PART7 Heavenly Bishop (Question to Answer) Go to N52 51.C(F-2)G W2 15.D(E-F)E Bishop Lonsdale lived in the castle and went to heaven in 1867. But how many years was he Bishop of this diocese? H= ___ PART8 Having a Ball (Question to Answer) Go on to N52 51.(H/4)DF W2 15.DBE On through the gate the ground looks neat. what score if t’ball lands at your feet? I= ____ PART9 Hedging your Bets (Question to Answer) Now go to N52 51.B(H+D) W2 15.B(H+H-E) At t’gap in hedge its plain to see, you must find where the micro be? Inside it will say what the number is for letter J J= ____ (Look On the floor on the left as you look towards the road) PART10 Up the Junction (Question to Answer) Go to N52 51.ABG W2 15.C(A-E-F)J How many miles if you must go . to a lovely place called Garmelow? K= ____ PART11 The bells the bells (Question to Answer) Make your way to N52 51.A(G-J)G W2 15.(K+K)BG Not counting the one at the door, how many steps to climb for sure? L= ____ PART12 meetings I love em (Question to Answer) Now go to the Washpits at N52 51.(E+F)DG W2 15.D(L+F)B What year was the meeting held? (M is the 3rd number). M= ____ PART13 Gated (Question to Answer) On to N52 51.AA(M-2) W2 15.(H+H-D)E In the lychgate ‘Chambers’ you espy, How old was he when he did die? (N is the second digit of his age) N= ____ PART14 You can see through it (Question to Answer) Move along now to N52 51.(H+H+B)B W2 15.DJ(N+F) Middle Georgian House – a double take, those middle windows, hey they’re fake!. To get the number for letter P, how many are real? You tell me! P= ____ (p.s. its the second one past the last location) PART15 Station (Question to Answer) Down the road to N52 51.AL(P-2) W2 15.HD The original Eagle was once kept here, and now it’s the co-op for real class gear. So if you want to ring a change of dress, what’s the 6th number you would have to press? Q= ____ PART16 Dinner time? (Question to Answer) Continue on to N52 51.A(Q-J)E W2 15.JPJ When the battle of Blore Heath was all but spent, Queen Margaret of Anjou to this Oak was sent seeking sanctuary in 1459 at this place was reputed to dine. Well that’s enough about those famed dinners, in which year did Ecclians make them winners? (last digit) R= ____ (The Plaque is missing so the answer is 5) FINAL Jackpot (Final Location) You’ve done so well to make it to here, and now it’s time to find the gear. Lots of treasure has been placed, for the first to find the caching place. Thanks for humouring my corn’y rhymes here’s the co-ordinates for the last time. N52 51 .(M-R+J) (G-F) (M-E+K) W2 15. (Q-J) (D+C-A+J) (H-B-C-I-F+J)
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Ba tebhaq 2 zrgerf sebz raq bs urqtr yvar.