LIFE'S A BEACH #46 - TRESCO
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There are so many beautiful beaches on the Isles of Scilly - too many to place a Life's a Beach cache at each one. So, I am placing one cache per island with information to be found at some of the main beaches. There is also a final bonus cache which you will be able to find when you've completed all 5 other caches.
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To find this cache you'll need to visit each of the following beaches and collect the following information. It doesn't matter what order you collect them in, where you start may depend what quay you get off at:
New Grimsby:
Here you will find a bench overlooking New Grimsby. The number of letters in Mr Sowerby's first name = A
Appletree Bay:
Here is Appletree Bay, at the Southern end of Tresco. Along the path beside the beach there are several benches. There is one in memory of Mickie Curtis who died aged B4
Carn Near
You may very well find yourself starting the multi here if you are being dropped off at Carn Near quay - this quay is used at low tide when access up the channel to New Grimsby is impossible. Find the noticeboard at the top of the quay. If Gallery Tresco equals 2 and Conveniences equals 3, then let Valhalla equal C.
Pentle Bay
A secluded and very sandy beach here - no matter how hard I try not to I ALWAYS get sand in my shoes! The agapanthus is pretty here in the summer too. Another bench here, this time in memory of Sarah Kingsbury. There are D words BELOW her dates of birth and death
Blockhouse Beach
So you are now at the Blockhouse, which was built in the 16th century to protect Old Grimsby harbour from invasion. It didn't see action until the Civil War when a Royalist garrison was defending the islands against the Parliamentarians. Below you is Blockhouse Beach. Now, on the inside wall of the Blockhouse is a plaque. There are E words in the title that start with capital letters
Old Grimsby:
It's unlikely you'll be starting the multi here unless you've come from St Martin's. At the waypoint you'll find a plaque to Digby Dalton who was born in 198F
Long Point
Long Point quay is only used when the tide is so low that no boats can get into either of the other 3 quays. But it has a jolly nice view so I thought I should bring the multi here. Next to a rock at the waypoint you'll see a green sign. There are 1G lines of text on it
The North End - Cromwell's Castle and Castle Porth
On top of the hill is King Charles Castle, built in around 1555. It was occupied by the Royalists in the Civil War and then part of it was demolished to provide building materials for Cromwell's Castle, where you are now. Cromwell's Castle was built in around 1650, following the Parliamentarians' invasion. A gun platform was added in 1739 during the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain. Climb the steps to the top of the tower. When up there you will find a plaque with a cartoon picture on it. The number of people in the picture equals H
Now off to find the final cache, which is at N49 57.(A-H-B)(C*F)(H-E) W006 20.(D)(G)(H-B-G)
Please note that due to conditions beyond my control, or yours for that matter, GZ may not always be accessible so be prepared to have to make a second visit.
The terrain rating reflects this, and also reflects the distance - around 6 miles - and terrain covered to complete the multi. Please take care when on the cliffs and please take extreme caution when near the final location. Take your time and don't fall over, the ground may be slippery.
£2 Coin for FTF.
Remember to make a note of the bonus information!
Cache placed with the kind permission of the Tresco Estate
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Tresco (Cornish: Enys Skaw meaning 'Island of Elder Trees') is the second largest of the Isles of Scilly.
In early times one group of islands was in the possession of a confederacy of hermits. King Henry I gave it to Tavistock Abbey which established a priory on Tresco; it was abolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The priory was given the care of souls in the secular islands by the lord of the fief. In 1233, a prior here, known as Alan of Cornwall, was made abbot of Tavistock. The original name for the island (including Bryher) was the Cornish: Ryn Tewyn meaning promontory of sand-dunes. In 1193 when the island was granted to the abbot of Tavistock by Pope Celestine III the island was known as St. Nicholas's island and by 1305 it is called Trescau (farm of elder-trees). By 1540 this has changed to Iniscaw (island of elder-trees). The island was named as Trescaw in an 1814 publication. The island is administered for the crown by the Duchy of Cornwall and is leased to the Dorrien-Smith family, which runs it as a timeshare business. The Dorrien-Smith family (descended from Augustus Smith) held the position of Lord Proprietors of the Scilly Islands between 1834 and 1920.