#1 of Nan Clark's 6+1 - Ghost to Post Traditional Cache

Nan Clark's 6+1 is a circular walk of 6 caches and a bonus.

Each of the six has a game piece (two in cache #5). Make sure you record the shape, colour and any markings for each game piece so that you can complete the puzzle to arrive at the coordinates of the bonus cache.

Take down the details of each game piece or copy them but please don't remove them.

The walk starts at Nan Clark's Lane on Mill Hill and circles Barnet Gate Wood.

There are links below (just above the logs) to a grid to help you record details of each game piece and to the puzzle board which is also reproduced here.

As well as your usual geocaching gear you will need to take the following:

1) Some paper or, better still, two printouts of the grid
2) A printout of the puzzle board, preferably in colour
3) A pair of scissors
4) A pen or pencil of course (a cacher without a pencil is like a fish without a bicycle)
5) If it's a windy day Pritt Stick or similar may come in handy (thanks to Minxlet for this tip)

For ease of reference the caches are at the following locations (each has its own web page where you can log your find or register your disgust):

The first is a largish micro about 6 inches long. The remainder are small lock and locks suitable for trackables and small swaps and the final cache is regular size. All contain logbook and pencil.

It may be best to avoid a windy day if you intend to go for the bonus.

The series is best carried out in order so let's start with #1.

You can park in Nan Clark's Lane at N51° 37.783 W000° 14.527 or thereabouts.

Of course it would be impossible for a small country backwater called Nan Clark's Lane to be anything other than haunted, and indeed it is, so this is not recommended as a night cache (woohoooo!).

According to the Paranormal Database "Nan Clark was a landlady of a local inn in the eighteenth century, whose history is shaky - she may have murdered or been murdered by her husband or lover, either in the lane which takes her name or in a local pond. Whatever truly happened, Nan returns to the area once a year."

Leading off Nan Clark's Lane is a turning where there are signs saying it's a private road. It is also a footpath as the worn sign set back behind the others reveals (just visible in this picture), so this is the way to go.

You'll pass a pond with some unusual swans and a swan house that looks remarkably like a famous MP's duck house (I don't think we paid for this one but you never know). You'll also come to a farm/livery stable with a sign giving some interesting details of its history.

Now follow your GPS - and don't forget to leave the game pieces in the caches, and the caches in their original positions.

Thanks.

*** Congratulations to Juliepank and spankhurst on FTF for numbers 1 to 6 ***