Series Info:
This is a series of 11 traditional caches which takes us on a circular walk around the lakes of Standlake in West Oxfordshire. The walk is approximately 3.5 miles long and, excluding any time for searching, should take about two hours to complete. There is limited parking at the location of the first cache.
This was a longer series but amended as parts were not really awfully pleasant, hence some strange numbering!
Please note: Between Constellations 4-9 and Constellations 10 the path may be closed between 21.00 and 08.00 1st March to 31st September and 18.00 and 08.00 for the rest.
Please be careful when caching with children as there are roads and a couple of deep water lakes to negotiate.
This Cache:
This is the seventh cache of the series and is a film canister sized cylindrical plastic container in green to make it blend in.
History:
The ancient people used their imaginations to create patterns and stories of the stars. These patterns become the constellations. Each culture had its own constellations and stories. Before 1930, constellations were regions in the sky with only fuzzy boundaries.
In that year, the International Astronomical Union put the scheme of constellations on a definite system. The sky was officially divided into 88 constellations with sharp boundaries, and each star is in one and only one constellation.
Our walk around West Oxfordshire is best done on a clear skied night where the open sky is full of stars. Each cache is dedicated to one constellation but for no particular reason