A simple yet strangely difficult traditional cache based around The Church of the Ascension in Malvern.
The first completed work by the renowned architect Sir Walter Tapper, this is a church in the parish of Malvern Link and Cowleigh. The church was the gift of Louisa Vavasour Livingstone in memory of her husband Arthur Guinness Livingstone, the former Archdeacon of Sudbury. The foundation stone was laid on 19 December 1902.
The design is in the Early English style with lancet windows and features a stone relief of the Ascension by Harry Hems on the tower. Twelve yew trees line a path to the main South door. There is no other external decoration. The nave roof is of Cumberland slate and the stonework is from Guiting quarry in the Cotswolds. The tower contained two bells until the sixties, when they were sold to raise money for electrical work.
Feel free to go inside and have a look around. It is usually open each day 09.00-17.00.
The cache itself is a magnetic micro placed on the side of a road close to the church. You may find this difficult to retrieve and you may need some kind of equiptment to grab it. Only go for the cache if you think you will be able to replace it exactly as found. There are many roads you can park on near to GZ. Tweezers and a pen will be required as the cache is very small and the log is difficult to retrieve.
Congratulations to Dobunnis on the FTF!
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