Series Description:
To acknowledge the Olympics and Geolympix in summer 2012, a series of caches each named after an Olympic ‘sport’, some of which may relate to the sport. The sports are decided, grouped and named by the International Olympics Committee where a ‘sport’ refers to all the events that are sanctioned by one International Sport Federation, a definition that may be different from the common meaning of the word ‘sport’. One sport, by Olympic definition, may be divided into several disciplines, which are often regarded as separate sports in common language.
Series Info:
A series of fifteen traditional and a couple of small multi caches in a walk approximately five and a half miles long and which should take about three hours to complete at a steady pace. The caches in this series vary from nano to medium plastic container – and everything in between! The series starts from and returns to the parking anywhere in Lower End, Leafield. Please bring a writing implement and a pair of tweezers!
The series is almost entirely flat and uses fairly well marked Bridleways, Public Footpaths and pavements - one of which is the old Roman road ‘Akeman Street’. This was a major Roman road that linked Watling Street with the Fosse Way. You will also find you cross RAF Akeman Street, a Second World War station that held 2 Special Flying Training School, a backup to Brize Norton.
Should be okay for dog cachers but there are a couple of styles you will have to carry your pet over and for that reason I’m afraid isn’t buggy or disability friendly. It is a great family walk out for little cachers too, no farm animals but does get rather muddy in places and you have to push your way through the vegetation at points!
The route takes you into the village and there are a couple of bits by the road but there are footpaths at most points or it is extremely quite country roads - please take care but it is safe.
This Cache:
This sport has 10 events and has been in the modern Summer Olympics since it started in 1896. Women’s cycling did not enter the games until 1984. In the overall medal tables for track cycling France lead with 86. Great Britain is technically third with 63 out of the 37 countries that have won one of the 611 medals issued in the sport.
TEAM GB'S TALLY LONDON 2012:- 7 GOLD - 1 SILVER - 1 BRONZE
This is the eleventh of the series and is a medium sized camouflaged food container with a log book and pencil.
After this cache continue on the path heading in a north easterly direction.
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