This is a 27-cache circular trek around the countryside surrounding Butcombe. You will walk along old lanes, footpaths and in fields bounded by ancient hedgerows, trees and woodland. It will suit those that like going off the beaten track. If you're lucky you will spot some wild deer, pheasants, definitely horses, cows, sheep (dogs on leads please), oh and a pig too. You will traverse many Little Bridges, visit villages, farms and Blagdon Lake.
The walk starts and ends at Butcombe Church (you will need to return here for the bonus coordinates, please note the * for bonus info caches). The walk from cache B2 to B4 is up a steep hill, and is not on well trodden footpaths. The rest of the route is fairly flat or downhill. Some of the route gets muddy after rain, boots are needed. There's a great picnic spot for lunch at caches B7 & B15. At the lake don't come in contact with the water due to the algae.
If it is too much for one day then I suggest doing B1-B10 on one day and B11-B26 on another. Please note you will need to download offline cache data as there is little to no internet in Butcombe. Finally, parking is a bit of a challenge, there's a space outside the church, one outside Pit Farm just down from the church and more a little further away, by the postbox on The Batch.
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At Waypoint 1 there is a warning sign. Take the word in the title in the yellow box that is the name of what the danger is.
Work out the alphabetic value of each letter (e.g A = 1, B = 2...) and label them A-E.
N 51 20. (B - C) (C) (A - D)
W 02 42. (C - E) (A + D) (E - A)
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then, the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here: - Little Bridges Geocaching Series (littlebridgesseries.co.uk). If you would like to add to the series, please go to this site, on the tab Get Involved click number request and fill in the form. To qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xxxx then the name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.