I have tried to arrange the cache so you do a circular walk and
arrive back near the car. I tried to organise the walk so you could
make a circular walk starting near N51 59.943
W00 49.302
This cache is based around Whaddon Hall which is 5kms to the
west of Milton Keynes. The hall is the white building which can be
seen on the rise to the north of Whaddon throughout the walk. The
present Hall was re-built by the Selby Lowndes family in 1820. In
recent years it was damaged by fire then refurbished and converted
into luxury apartments.
During WWII it became the headquarters of the Special Operations
Group of the Special Communications Unit Number 1 in 1939. This was
under the command of Brigadier Richard Gambier-Parry. Whaddon Hall
had its own receiving and transmitting stations situated in the
extensive grounds. The secret wireless messages to SOE operatives
were transmitted from this station.
After the war the Special Communications Unit became the Diplomatic
Wireless Service, which was also based at Whaddon Hall. Today the
Diplomatic Wireless Service is located at Hanslope Park to the
north.
This site was associated with Station X - Bletchley Park - the
home of the Government Codes and Cipher School and the place where
the Enigma codes were cracked during WWII.
If your browser allows you to hear the morse code associated
with this page , and if you can read morse you already know where
the final cache is located; otherwise:-
Follow the GPS down the North Bucks way to the first location.
The North Bucks Way and Swans Way are joined for much of the
walk.
- Go to N52º 00.122 W00º 48.555
where you will find the first box. In the box are the co-ordinates
of the second cache in Oakhill Wood. If you parked where I did this
is a walk of 910m. I have placed a stainless steel weight in this
container to stop it floating ( see log ), you may now get a wet
hand when you recover the container.
- Follow the instructions to get to the given co-ordinates for
the next box which is about 1.1kms away. From this point to Oakhill
wood you are walking along the western Boundary of Milton Keynes
Designated Area. One day the land to your right will all be
developed.
- The final cache is a black painted 50 calibre ammo box located
at the co-ordinates given in box 2 and is 400m away
- Now you have found the final cache you might want to know the
car parking spot is about 900m away
Good luck and happy geocaching Zensunni ( Anne and Ken )