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September Equinox
The September equinox represents a moment of balance in Earth’s orbit with nearly equal amounts of daylight worldwide. As the reverse of the March equinox, it marks the start of autumn in the northern hemisphere and the start of spring in the southern hemisphere. Geocaching HQ created a souvenir for geocachers to celebrate the September equinox. To earn this souvenir, geocachers must find a total of 3 geocaches, Event Caches, and/or Adventure Lab® Locations between September 22nd–28th.
International EarthCache Day 2024 Souvenir
Since 2004, EarthCaches have encouraged geocachers to explore and celebrate the extraordinary geologic features of our planet, like the Torres del Paine in Chile. This towering laccolith is as breathtaking as it is fascinating.
Earn the International EarthCache Day 2024 souvenir by visiting any EarthCache and completing the logging requirements from Friday 11th October to Sunday 13th October 2024.
CADW Open Doors
A quick reminder that CADW Open Doors has many historic sites, landmarks and hidden gems open to visitors free of entry charges throughout September. Here are a few of the places open this weekend:
St Mary’s Church, Caerhun
St Mary’s Church is open Saturday 21st September from 10am-4pm
Surrounded by sheep fields alongside the beautiful Conwy River, St Mary’s still retains the simplicity intended by Cistercian monks who founded it in the early Middle Ages. The churchyard has ancient yew trees and occupies the corner of the Roman Canovium fort.
There will be a display of the Roman history of the Caerhun site and refreshments will be offered.
Barclodiad y Gawres Burial Chamber
Barclodiad-y-Gawres open Saturday 21st September guided tours will be at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Meet at the monument.
A partially reconstructed Neolithic burial chamber sited on a spectacular cliff side position and is famous for its decorated stones.
Penrhyn Castle
Penrhyn Castle is open weekend 21st-22nd September from 10am-4pm last admissions 3pm
Discover Penrhyn’s history, its vast rooms, neo-Norman stairways and Victorian kitchens.
Julie and I visit Eglwys y Santes Fair – St Mary’s Church – Caerhun Parish Church, two or three times a year. The yew is visited by Hawfinches when it’s fruiting, plus other interesting birds abound, and there is a geocache in the church yard too.
We usually pop into the church and leave a donation, but now they have a card reader, so we don’t have to raid the ashtray for cash.
The road to the church is very narrow, and is also the access to the farmers fields. Parking for several cars, at a squeeze. Tricky to turn around if there is a funeral or wedding on. They borrow a field as an overflow at such times. The church is usually open throughout the year, but perhaps on the 21st there will extra attractions.