Having moved to Calne recently, I'm impressed with the number of caches nearby. However, there seemed to be an obvious hole in the map, and I've been looking for somewhere to lay a series for a while. The Bowood Estate is private property, but there is a public foot path that curls around the south of its borders, starting in Calne and curving around the Estate towards Chippenham, ending at the George pub in Sandy Lane.
The walk from Calne Leisure Centre to the last cache and back is some 8.5 Km in total. You'll see deer, ducks and other wildlife if you're quiet.
I've opted for a baker's dozen of caches, with the last being a bonus cache requiring some information from several of the preceding caches. I'll not give much away, but it is quite a cool final container. Some of the other containers are the usual mix of micros and small clip lock boxes, but I did also mange to use a few of the more interesting ones that I'd been hoarding for a while.
I hope people will enjoy the series. I've had good feedback from the FTF logs, so I've got high hopes for it. There are plans to extend even further and make a loop.
The series starts here.
