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Trainer Tree Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 4/16/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

A cache located near to a local historical curiosity involving footwear.


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Note: As I walked by on 21st May 2011 I saw that there are cows with calves in the field containing the cache so please take extra care.

You will need tweezers to retrieve the logbook.

I'd been thinking for a little while that it was a shame there wasn't a geocache to bring people to see the famous "Trainer Tree" near Stokenchurch (or "Shoe Tree" as my daughter correctly tells me is more accurate). So, I decided to fix this by placing a cache myself.

Some important points:

  • The tree itself (though not the cache) is located along a very busy main road. Please take extra care especially if you choose to do this with children.
  • Cache is located near the public footpath in the adjacent field and does not involve the tree itself.
  • You can park up the road towards Stokenchurch in the layby and then either walk along the road (about 10-15 minutes) or enter the fields from here and hunt for other local caches at the same time.
  • Alternatively, there are closer car parks in Studley Green if you happen to be using the facilities they're attached to (swings, garden centre, cafe).
  • There is no pencil. Please bring your own.
  • There is not much room. Perhaps enough for 1 geocoin. Not sure about that though.
  • When you think you've found the cache please take care to open it as indicated and ensure it's put back exactly as you find it.

A little more information on the Trainer Tree can be found in this article from the BBC.

Congratulations to Barkinupthewrongtree for the FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fznyyre guna n Qhgpu fubr jvgubhg gur P.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)