Hampshire Monthly Midweek Cache Event #32 Event Cache
Fudgeman: Time to close this one. Thank you to all who came.
Hampshire Monthly Midweek Cache Event #32
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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The location for the 32nd Hampshire meet is The Woolpack in Sopley near Ringwood. It is set next to a lovely little stream and is just inside the Hampshire border. Jo, the landlady, has kindly agreed to set aside an area for us and the food is excellent. There is a step to get over to get into the inn but a ramp is available for wheelchair users and there is a large car park adjacent to the inn
Just down the road from the inn is what used to be RAF Sopley (call sign Starlight). During the second world war it was a ground control intercept radar station. After the war it became the home of Southern Radar and the Joint Air Traffic Control School. It was closed in 1974 and moth balled. In the 1970's it was used briefly by the Household Cavalry during the Queen's Silver Jubilee year and for several years the site acted as a rehabilitation centre for the Vietnamese Boat People. It is now privately owned by several different companies including Wessex fire & rescue service who are a private company that provide fire cover for events such as the Blandford steam fair.
Hopefully, the large red ammo box will be available for swapping and discovering Geocoins and Travel Bugs and subject to confirmation there will also be the traditional raffle.
If you have not been to an event cache before, would like to experience something different, and have the chance to meet other cachers and swap/discover trackables and your caching stories, then please come along.
Your hosts for the evening will be Fudgeman & Maj n Dorset Fireman who will be there from 6.30pm onwards. If you wish to eat you can find their menu at (visit link) As it’s the school holidays it would be worth phoning through your order prior to the event to avoid delay when there.
The Woolpack Inn
Sopley
Hampshire
BH23 7AX
01425 672252
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