VS #0658 - Little Shelford
Little Shelford’s village green which features the village sign is believed to be one of the smallest in the country. The initial idea to create a village green came from the Little Shelford History Society in 2012. The Green became reality in 2015. The Parish Council invited Ray Saich and Robin Fox from the History Society along with Neil Ruffles, as chairman of the village design group to work with Parish Councillors Tim Leech and David Martin to together decide what should be included on the village sign informed by the views of villagers that it should have fewer features than the ideas shared around previously. They decided the sign should include The Wale Memorial, The River, The Church, The Celtic cross, Rope, The Manor House, The village hall, An Apollo rocket and a Nobel peace prize medal. The sign was designed and created by Allen Boothroyd and was installed in 2015.
This is a multi cache and IS NOT at the published coordinates.
The cache is a 5ml tube.
To find the cache:
At the published coordinates you will find a bench with a plaque on. Check this out.
The first year to appear on the plaque is ABCD.
The second year to appear on the plaque is EFGH.
Final coordinates:
N 52° (B-F)(E+G).(A+C)(B-E)(G-H)
E 000° (G-H)G.CG(B-F)
Checksum of all digits in the coordinates = 48
About Village Sign Caches
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This cache belongs to the Village Sign Series, a series of caches based on ornate signs that depict the heritage, history and culture of the villages that put them up (generally on the village green!).
The signs can be made of different materials from fibreglass to wood, from forged steel to stone. They can depict anything from local industry to historical events. The tradition probably started in Norfolk or Suffolk and has now spread across most of the country so we thought we would base a series on them!
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More information, bookmarks and statistics can be found at the Village Signs Website
If anybody would like to expand the Village Sign Series, please do.
I would ask that you request a number for your cache first at www.villagesignseries.co.uk
so we can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.