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Sunday was the Christmas Fair for the greyhound rescue I volunteer for, so on the way I went to find a geocache at a holy well in the village.

As you can see there is a wall surrounding the well which Tara could not jump over so I put her back into the car while I looked for the cache.

When I got home I decided to look up the origins of the Holy Well and found this information on the Megalithic Portal website:

Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Somerset

This large and impressive structure comes as quite a surprise as one takes Holywell Road through the village. It lies on the corner of this road protected by a clump of trees. Unfortunately the source of water has now dried or else seasonal ( although this may have been the result of a summer drought ). The water was used for scorbutic disorders and was very cold. Antiquarian Horne ( 1923 ) states :
" ..water gathers in a well-made stone tank about three feet square, the top of which is level with the surrounding ground. It is covered with two stone slabs, one of which at the date of visit in April 1915 had been removed, and the tank was half full of decaying leaves as a consequence. The water was three feet in depth and ran through a stone spout. The flow was slight, and the water of a greenish milky colour, with a strong and horrible smell of sulphur. "
Around the structure also are seats set around a stone forecourt. This structure was restored in as a stone plaque recalls :
" Edington Holy Well was renovated in 1937 in the memory of Margaret Charlotte Fownes Luttrell "


Although it states the source of water has dried the well was flowing quite well as we have had quite a lot of rain recently.

I love geocaching as I go to new places that I would not otherwise know existed, I have visited this village several time but didn't know there was a Holy Well there.

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Free tea

Today was a wet miserable day, Tara and I got soaked this morning on our walk.

Late morning I went to a Vintage Fair with my friend, we didn't find anything to buy as it was all rather pricey.  We had a cup of tea and I couldn't help thinking as I looked around that most of the furniture that was for sale was mostly from my childhood, my friend and discussed how we or our parents owned similar items to what was for sale and it mostly went to charity shops or the dump!  I hope that doesn't mean I am vintage!!

We then ventured to Waitrose where my friend purchased a few items for a hamper she is making up, then we had another cuppa - free if you have a Waitrose card.  My friend also treated us to a mince pie.  Normally I stay home on wet days as I am not fond of rain but I am glad I made the effort to go out.

5 in 5

I am joining Sandie this month with her meme 5 in 5.  The idea is to take 5 photographs in 5 minutes.

My 5 in 5 comes from Torhill Woods in Wells, Somerset where I went for a walk and to collect a couple of geocaches with my trusty geohound Tara.  She turned out not to be such a good geohound this time as she refused to step off the path and into the woods - all those leaves and twigs did not impress her, so in the end I only managed to get one geocache.  I didn't want to force her off the path as she was recovering from her pulled muscles and I didn't want to aggravate it.

Nice to sit and watch the world go by.

Good views of Wells Cathedral.

The cache I did get was called 'Could Be Scotland' due to the highland cattle.  I like that the sign is the same as the cows.

This is a view to the right of the cows looking towards St Thomas's Church.

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I visited St Aldhelm's Church today  to check on a geocache that has been placed there, the owner is away and unable to visit, so I am occasionally checking it to make sure it is in good condition as often they can get wet or damaged.  It is is a beautiful place on top of a hill surrounded by trees in a small village. After a heavy rain storm the sun came out so I was able to take theses photos with the sun shining on the church.

Information from Wikipedia:  The Church of St Aldhelm in Doulting, Somerset,England, dates from the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building. 

The church has a tall spire rather than the towers which are more usual in Somerset. It has a two-storey porch which incorporates a carving of the Green Man into its vaulting. 

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My Month in Numbers - October

The beginning of October I met my friend in Bristol - the journey took 1hr 20 mins, normally it takes less than 1 hour.  It wasn't anything in particular just heavy traffic.

This month we had 2 visits to the vet with Tara, first she was limping on her front paw, the vet thought it was a strain in her shoulder and put her on pain medication and rest.  

Poorly dog

2 weeks later we were back again with pain in her hind legs and after a thorough examination from 2 vets they decided it was a strain either in her tummy or back leg, more rest and continuing with the pain medication.


Here in the UK the temperatures this month have been much higher than normal reaching 19 C ( 66F)  and we are on track for the warmest October since records began all due to a tropical continental air flow from the Azores.

My son and I have been out Geocaching again, this month I found a total of 8 geocaches. Our last trip out was to Bath where it poured with rain but we did find 3 caches in Bath and 1 on the way.

Bath in the rain

 I have challenged myself to finding 65 geocaches by the end of the year, when I set my challenge it was just before Tara was unwell and after not being able to go out caching for 2 weeks I didn't think I would make it but I now have a total of 60 so I am well on the way.


Month in Numbers was devised by Julie Kirk on her blog Notes on Paper.  To see more Month in Numbers visit Julie's Pinterest page http://www.pinterest.com/notesonpaper/my-month-in-numbers/