People often think that Kensington and Hyde Parks are one and
the same. They use to be, until William III, an asthma sufferer,
found "the location quiet and the air salubrious and so he
commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to design the redbrick building
that is Kensington Palace.
Queen Anne enlarged the Palace Gardens by 'transferring' 30
acres from Hyde Park...Queen Victoria was born in Kensington Palace
and lived there until she became queen in 1837...
It was Queen Caroline, wife of George II, who in 1728 molded the
gardens to their present form by creating the Serpentine and the
Long Water from the Westbourne stream. For most of the 18th century
the gardens were closed to the public. They were opened gradually
but only to the respectably dressed."
More on Kensington Gardens".
The cache location is within walking distance of one of our
favorite tea places - the Kensington Palace Orangerie, created for
Queen Anne in 1704, with its perfect setting and lovely puds.
In the summer it is a perfect spot to listen to some outdoor
music, in the winter people gather round to race their model
sailboats around the manmade lake.
The park is open from 6am to dusk all year round, and the
Orangerie is open until 5pm.
The well disguised cache is a camouflaged plastic mini
centrifuge tube the length of a 35mm film canister but 1/3 the
diameter. Note - if you have a hard time putting
it back in its original place - try using your foot to line the
holes up