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Many Steps Through Old Times |
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By: Griff Grof Date: November 18, 2012, 1:09 pm |
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5 caches, 8 miles. Start at N 51� 57.264 W 001� 58.028 |
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The series gets it's name for reason - on the walk you pass a |
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castle, the ruins of a watermill, the old Cotswold way, and best |
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of all the remains of a roman villa! Not only that, but along |
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the way there were stunning views! The whole loop is spread out |
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over a variation of terrain; from fields, to tracks, to |
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woodland, to lanes - it has it all! I highly recommend it!! |
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Directions, as per the cache pages: |
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From the car park by Winchcombe library walk down to the town |
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centre,turn right and then left down vineyard street over the |
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bridge to the entrance of sudeley castle,go right to the second |
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old kissing gate on the right(look for the footpath sign on the |
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telegraph pole)follow the path over a couple of fields and |
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footbridges. |
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This path will be marked on most os maps as the Cotswold way,it |
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was re-routed when it gained national status in 2007. |
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Climb the hill to find the first cache. |
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Parking by the libary is �1.oo all day. |
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After finding the first cache carry on walking up the hill |
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passing Wadfield farm on your right,just before the cottages |
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turn left on the track,go through the green gates and go left |
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again,when you reach the houses turn right on the path signed |
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restricted byway,at the junction of paths go right and then left |
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at the next junction to find the second cache. |
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Just before the cache site look for a stone path in the hedge on |
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the right,this will take you to the ruins of the old watermill. |
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After finding cache number two go straight through the buildings |
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of the abandoned waterhatch farm,walking up the hill to find |
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cache number three. |
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After finding cache number three head left on the track towards |
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spoonley wood,go left over a stile into the wood and descend,go |
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right at the fork untill you come to a bit of a opening by a |
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fallen down tree,take the path left to the ruins of the villa |
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and the cache,have a look under the covers for a nice |
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surprize,please leave as you find it. |
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After visiting the villa retrace your steps back to the footpath |
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and continue down through the wood,at the fork go right over a |
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stile,cross the field,through the spinney and across the field |
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to a gate in the left corner,through this gate to find the |
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cache. |
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I have called this cache the hall of fame as there is a camera |
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in the cache,please only take a photo if you have found all five |
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caches doing the round walk,thus entering the hall of fame. |
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After finding the cache follow the footpath signs passing |
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Sudeley castle on your right,when you reach the driveway go left |
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back into Winchcombe. |
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