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St Martha and St Mary Magdalene were sisters. Mary was the more outgoing of the two, while Martha was demure and looked after the home. It's a bit like that with two of the Catholic churches in Bexhill: St Mary Magdalene is the senior church, opposite the train station and best known. It's a classic late-Victorian church with a dark interior brightened by stained-glass windows. Demure St Martha's is quite different: inside it's bright and modern with pale woods and plain windows - the understated sister church.
Parking here is very easy unless it's a mass time (9am on Sunday & Thursday) or the beginning /end of the school day at nearby Little Common Primary School. Little Common is a delightful village and it's worth lingering there a while and visiting some of the excellent little shops. (The hardware shop opposite the church is a great source of small plastic pots excellent for caching!)
The final cache is nearby, and the clues to find it can be found in the church grounds adjacent to the car park. The clues are:
A. As the housekeeper, Martha held the household keys - but how many? That's confusing, because the heads don't match the tails - so I counted the shafts. A = ___
B.C. How many dragon's teeth can you see? BC = __ __
D. A plant is carved on parts of the building. How many bell-shaped flowers does it have? D = ___
E. F. They had to wait a long time after the church was built before they got a church hall: how many years? EF = _____
The final cache can be found at:
N 50.50.(C+D) B F and E 000.C (A-B). B B E
The cache is largely on tarmac and accessible even in the rain or at night. Bexhill caches have to be biddy-conscious: you might have to stretch out your zimmers to get to this cache!
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FIRST TO FIND: SECRET FIVE