Little Quest - South Yorkshire

A map in case you are lost?

 Sunday 8th August 2010

Thats right folks...we were about to attempt 2 little quest caches in one day. Team Shiltonpig had arrived in South Yorkshire...the 2nd of the Yorkshire little quests.....and our 14th in total so far...still another 34 to go. Well South Yorkshire is known for a few things...Meadowhall...Steel and that famous 1997 film The Full Monty. But you have no need to fear Mr Shiltonpig will not be pulling his pants down on this blog anytime soon. So where would you place the little quest cache in this county? The answer of course if Doncasters Premier beauty

Team Shiltonpigs house?

 spot. Now you might be forgiven for thinking "does Doncaster have a beauty spot?". But you would be wrong....because nestled near the M18 you will find Cusworth Hall and Park. And what a lovely place it is. We are glad that someone has placed a stateley home near the little quest. For more information on this place click on the now legendary linky poos. The hall itself is now just a museum and also houses a rather fine cafe. The cafe sells rather good cakes....it seemed rude not to try them out! We would like to point out that traffic wardens patrol this area so don't skimp on the amount you put into the car park fees otherwise you might have a nasty

why is everything always on a hill?

surprise for you when you get back. The house is on a hill and you need to walk to the bottom of it and then turn right and start walking through the fields. We were fortunate that the fields are a glorious colour at the moment as the barley?wheat? (or any number of crops) are being harvested and leaving opportunities for some great photos. (See photo 4). The cache was quickly found and we moved back to have a walk around the two nearby ponds and immaculately trimmed gardens. The ponds are crammed full of fish...I was surprised to see how many there were and Josh loved it. After all he loves fish, and in particular whales. He only has to see a

Fields of barley...

 pool of water to shout shouting "whale". It seems rude to correct him, so Josh will grown up thinking that perch fishes are actually whales. Mrs Shiltonpig would like the whole world to know that it was her and not the thicky thicky Mr Shiltonpig that correctly guessed the species of fish in the pond. Mr Shiltonpig would like Mrs Shiltonpig to know that "he aint boverd". For those purists amongst you all it should be pointed out that you can also see Doncaster from this place...but it will be quickly forgotten (team Shiltonpig would like to apologise to the residents of Doncaster if any offence was caused by the last few comments). Our travels so

Wave at Josh!

far have now taken us 959 miles, which if travelled from where we live would take us to near Salzburg in Austria. Just grateful that they haven't invented a little quest for Europe yet....just imagine how many miles you would have to do to get that bonus cache. This cache has a very sedate and graceful feel about it....Josh was a welcome addition to this area. Josh would like to point out that the play area is not very good for toddlers his age.

Doncasters premier beauty spot