Jack and Jill Hill - Kilmersdon (Colliers Way) Traditional Geocache
Jack and Jill Hill - Kilmersdon (Colliers Way)
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A walk up the hill that inspired the nursery rhyme “Jack and Jill” This short easy cache is just off the new “Colliers Way” National Cycle route 24.
It is thought that Kilmersdon’s Jack and Jill of the nursery rhyme, were a 16th century couple who climbed every day to a well at the top of the hill for water, until one day Jack was hit by a boulder from a nearby quarry and tumbled down the hill. The Jack and Jill Millennium project re-discovered a medieval well shaft in 1999 and a new well-head has been built over the 38 feet deep well shaft.
You’ve heard the poem, now walk the hill. Park at the bottom of the hill near the church in Kilmersdon at N 51 16.199 W 002 26.264. You REALLY need to start from the bottom to do it properly! The cache is in a camouflage painted Tupperware type box. The path is paved and is OK for push chairs, etc. Grandma-A walked up to the well last year so anyone can do it! 
The following web site from the BBC has pictures of the walk, and sign posts along the way.
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Want more info about the poem? (visit link)
[28 JULY 2015 update]
After getting muggled we've moved it to the top of the hill.
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