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A traditional cache high up on the top of a hill on the border of England and Wales.
hidden by The Hornet
N 52° 12.220' W 03° 05.121' (WGS84)
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Location: United Kingdom > Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Cache type: Traditional Cache
Size: Normal
Status: Ready for search
Time: 1:00 h 
Distance to travel: 5.00 km
Date hidden: 20 June 2009
Date created: 08 January 2010
Last modified: 08 January 2010
Waypoint: OK00AF
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Rated as: N/A
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| "Hergest Ridge is a hill on the border of England and Wales (the highest point being in England) near the town of Kington. The Offa's Dyke long distance footpath leads along the ridge, although not quite to the summit, nor to the trig point.Hergest Ridge is a hilly ridge which Mike Oldfield was able to see from his house (The Beacon)at the time of writing the album. He moved there after the success of Tubular Bells to escape the attention." The cache is now a standard Tupperware style box which is large enough to take all normal swaps, TB's etc. If you park in Kington the way to reach is: From the Tourist Information Centre (Kington) cross the road to the east corner of the red brick Market Hall and turn left into Church Street. At the top of the hill follow the churchyard wall on your right its full length, to a stone cottage named “Wyche House”. Turn left, cross the road and enter a lane signed “Hergest Croft Gardens”: continue along this minor road, climbing steadily and passing Ridgebourne and then Hergest Croft on your left, for about ¾ mile to the gate at the top. This is a stretch of the Offa’s Dyke Path. However, most people will park at the end of the public road just up from Hergest Croft Gardens. I certainly did (at 52°12.246'N, 3°03.227'W). From here, just follow the path over the hill to just past a small clump of Monkey Puzzle trees. The place is very picturesque and you have many footpaths for walking. It is very popular dog walking country although if you have a dog be aware that there might be sheep running loose so keep you dog under control. On a clear day the views from the top are stunning! |
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06 August 2009 Amberel Found it
Logging on 8th Jan 2010 after finding the cache in August last year when it was a TerraCache. Here is my TerraCaching log:
While I enjoyed the "village" caches, this one was my favourite of the day. This sort of cache is the reason I go caching
A lovely walk, and brilliant views.
At the top I battled my way through the prickly gorse to the "obvious marker", and found the cache slightly exposed. When I opened it I saw, to my surprise, that it had already been found this very day, but by a non-cacherQuite why someone should struggle through this gorse with no cache as their target beats me, but obviously the are other nutty people in the world apart from cachers 
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They had left some packets of coffee and sugar, and a note in the log to say "have a drink on us". I took these and have indeed "had a drink on them". If the folks who found the cache visit this site and read this log, thank you for respecting the cache and leaving it tidily. Thank you too for you kind gifts, though if you should take up this game of ours it's generally better not to leave foodstuffs in caches as they attract wild animals.
And thanks too to "The Hornet" for setting the cache,
Rgds, Andy