There is still steady interest being shown in the WSI geoartcaches. 17 geocachers have visited one or more of the caches but we want more. Maybe the summer holidays will encourage people out... and a bit of summer weather.
Thanks to all those that have visited so far but don't forget to claim your artist's book (in sections or complete). Details of how to do this (it's simple) are under the main Where Spheres Intersect entry on www.geocaching.com
Go on, head to the beautiful Dales and bag a few caches while you are there.
Showing posts with label publicity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publicity. Show all posts
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Monday, 14 March 2011
Book Fair
The book fair was held in Leeds last Friday and Saturday. Plenty of people found the 'fake' geocache with the catalogue sales but nobody (successfully) discovered the microcache outside the building at the same time. Or at least they haven't admitted to it.
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Busy Day
I had planned a tight schedule for a flying visit to Yorkshire and it mostly worked out.
I arrived into Leeds just after nine and rushed up to Parkinson Court to drop off postcards and a fake geocache for the book fair. It was a very windy day and I was blown to my next appointment at the county archives in Sheepscar. The staff here were very helpful and had got all the documents out that I had requested.
I had several documents to look at. As so often happens I lost myself in a tithe map! These are usually beautiful and informative items and the 1881 version for Buckden (BD113) was also large in scale taking up about 4 tables. Much was the same then as on current OS maps particularly the field shapes and using the apportionment book it was good to see some of the names that were associated with Upper Wharfedale 130 years ago... Hammond, Bastow, Macauley, Ramsden, Beresford, Lodge and Falshaw. I wonder if any of their relatives are still in occupation today.
There were new terms too: 'stinted pasture', 'sheep gaits' and 'turbary ground'. Much of the map was 'blank' with open hill as you may expect but there were also exquisite details such as individual gates and trees.
Of the 13,224 acres of recorded land in 1881 just under two-thirds was cultivated land and the major landowners were Hon. Isabella Ramsden with about 1,000 acres and John and Robert Charnley with just over 900 acres. Further out Beckermonds was named 'Beggarmans' and none of the present day forest around the hamlet was in existence.
A particularly interesting document was the 1879 sale particulars for the estate of Buckden (WYL500/710). Accompanied by beautiful, hand-coloured plans the document provided a wonderful picture of the various aspects (and assets) of the estate. Of particular interest was the section on the deer park and plantations with its exotic specimens. I also noticed that what is today the National Trust office in Buckden was once the Cock Inn... unless I wasn't reading the map right.
Next I struggled back into the wind for a very quick visit to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society to look at a couple of documents in their care. Again the helpful staff had the documents waiting for me. One was a lovely simple little survey plan of Yockenthwaite stone circle from 1928 the other was a rather ragged bundle of field notes and skecthes for a survey of Thomas Foster's land around Buckden carried out by John Greenwood in May 1848.
Back out into the blustery weather and a dash to Leeds station to get to Wakefield. Unfortunately the trains were disrupted so I took the opportunity to grab some lunch and wait for the line to clear. After much toing and froing I eventually got a train to Kirkgate leaving me with a 15 minute walk across town in which I was nearly blown into the road by a gust but managed to grab a lamppost in time!
Again, more helpful staff had prepared my documents at the county archives here. I spent a couple of hours looking at documents relating to Wharfedale's industrial past as well as a quick look at a bundle of papers relating to a 17th century criminal act which was written in impenetrable hand.
Then it was a quick walk down to Westgate station for my train back south. A useful day that will provide lots of material to my artists book and may also inform the hiding place for a couple of the caches.
I arrived into Leeds just after nine and rushed up to Parkinson Court to drop off postcards and a fake geocache for the book fair. It was a very windy day and I was blown to my next appointment at the county archives in Sheepscar. The staff here were very helpful and had got all the documents out that I had requested.
I had several documents to look at. As so often happens I lost myself in a tithe map! These are usually beautiful and informative items and the 1881 version for Buckden (BD113) was also large in scale taking up about 4 tables. Much was the same then as on current OS maps particularly the field shapes and using the apportionment book it was good to see some of the names that were associated with Upper Wharfedale 130 years ago... Hammond, Bastow, Macauley, Ramsden, Beresford, Lodge and Falshaw. I wonder if any of their relatives are still in occupation today.
There were new terms too: 'stinted pasture', 'sheep gaits' and 'turbary ground'. Much of the map was 'blank' with open hill as you may expect but there were also exquisite details such as individual gates and trees.
Of the 13,224 acres of recorded land in 1881 just under two-thirds was cultivated land and the major landowners were Hon. Isabella Ramsden with about 1,000 acres and John and Robert Charnley with just over 900 acres. Further out Beckermonds was named 'Beggarmans' and none of the present day forest around the hamlet was in existence.
A particularly interesting document was the 1879 sale particulars for the estate of Buckden (WYL500/710). Accompanied by beautiful, hand-coloured plans the document provided a wonderful picture of the various aspects (and assets) of the estate. Of particular interest was the section on the deer park and plantations with its exotic specimens. I also noticed that what is today the National Trust office in Buckden was once the Cock Inn... unless I wasn't reading the map right.
Next I struggled back into the wind for a very quick visit to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society to look at a couple of documents in their care. Again the helpful staff had the documents waiting for me. One was a lovely simple little survey plan of Yockenthwaite stone circle from 1928 the other was a rather ragged bundle of field notes and skecthes for a survey of Thomas Foster's land around Buckden carried out by John Greenwood in May 1848.
Back out into the blustery weather and a dash to Leeds station to get to Wakefield. Unfortunately the trains were disrupted so I took the opportunity to grab some lunch and wait for the line to clear. After much toing and froing I eventually got a train to Kirkgate leaving me with a 15 minute walk across town in which I was nearly blown into the road by a gust but managed to grab a lamppost in time!
Again, more helpful staff had prepared my documents at the county archives here. I spent a couple of hours looking at documents relating to Wharfedale's industrial past as well as a quick look at a bundle of papers relating to a 17th century criminal act which was written in impenetrable hand.
Then it was a quick walk down to Westgate station for my train back south. A useful day that will provide lots of material to my artists book and may also inform the hiding place for a couple of the caches.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Geo Art Cache Logo
I've designed the logo for the project and this will be used to brand the various components of the whole Geo Art Cache programme.
Monday, 21 February 2011
Micro Cache
I have bought some micro cache containers to implement the 'book fair' cache in Leeds. Although the unveiling of this cache is timed to (almost) coincide with the International Contemporary Artist's Book Fair the cache also celebrates a major Leeds landmark.
Where shall I put it? I've got a meeting in Wharfedale tomorrow and will hide the cache on my way back through Leeds on Wednesday. The little container is magnetic so I hope I can find something metal to attach it to.
Where shall I put it? I've got a meeting in Wharfedale tomorrow and will hide the cache on my way back through Leeds on Wednesday. The little container is magnetic so I hope I can find something metal to attach it to.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Artist's Book Fair
A major part of my project will be the 'winning' of limited edition artist's books and I decided early on that it would be good to advertise the project with a presence at the International Contemporary Artist's Book Fair held each March in Leeds.
Originally I imagined a cache in the fair itself but I uncovered a geocaching guideline requesting that caches be kept in place for at least three months. So, instead, I will hide a micro cache outside the building where the fair is held and then have a presence within the fair that will advertise the project to an arts audience but will also appeal to geocachers who visit the cache during the fair.
2011 International Contemporary Artists Book Fair
Friday 11th March 11am-6pm
Saturday 12th March 10am-5pm
Parkinson Court, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
http://www.leedsartbookfair.com
Originally I imagined a cache in the fair itself but I uncovered a geocaching guideline requesting that caches be kept in place for at least three months. So, instead, I will hide a micro cache outside the building where the fair is held and then have a presence within the fair that will advertise the project to an arts audience but will also appeal to geocachers who visit the cache during the fair.
2011 International Contemporary Artists Book Fair
Friday 11th March 11am-6pm
Saturday 12th March 10am-5pm
Parkinson Court, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
http://www.leedsartbookfair.com
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