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This is a Multi-Stage Cache, which involves visiting 2 locations to find the cache. The 1st location is at the start of Coronation Wood, at the top end of Alexandra Park. You will then need to follow the stream up & the cache is located up in Old Roar Ghyll.
Coronation Wood Coronation Wood boasts a wide variety of tree species that were planted in 1973 as part of a scheme to celebrate King George VI. Further trees and replacements have been added since. The Coronation Wood is managed as amenity woodland with trees being allowed to mature fully being the feature of most importance. Many of the trees are oaks that have been grown from acorns gathered in Windsor Great Park. Old Roar Ghyll Old Roar Ghyll is a deeply cut narrow valley running along the path of a stream that starts from the sandstone ridge to the North of Hastings and runs through Alexandra Park and eventually to the sea. The soft rock has enabled the stream to cut down for a considerable distance over the centuries. The name Old Roar is from one of the two waterfalls at the heart of the Ghyll where the stream plunges over harder rock. After heavy rain the falling water makes a roaring sound. The word Ghyll is popular in Sussex, meaning steep sided valley. Ghyll's in general are a haven for wildlife and plants. The continuous tree cover creates a damp and shady micro climate and coupled with the sandstone rock allows for some remarkable rare ferns, mosses and liverworts, plus the insects and creatures that thrive among them. Old Roar Ghyll has a rich diversity of woodland flowering plants including bluebells, red campion''s, yellow archangel, lady's smock, primroses, violets and toothwort. One of the rarer insects of Old Roar Gill breeds in the wet dead wood is a crane fly known as Lipsothrix Nervosa. This is fast becoming a rare species in Britain and can't be found anywhere else in the world. The Ghyll is a perfect habitat for a variety of birds including the kingfisher, spotted flycatcher, grey wagtail and lesser spotted woodpecker. On the upper slopes of the Ghyll is a thick covering of mature woodland, some of it still in existence from ancient forest and some that has regenerated of it's own accord after clear-felling, plus some that have been planted. The lower section of Old Roar Ghyll and the land that is now Coronation Wood were purchased by Hastings Borough Council between 1930 and 1935, and in 1995 the upper section was purchased too. The whole area was declared a local nature reserve in 2002 with support of English Nature. WHAT IS THE CACHE? The Cache is a 1 litre clip lock rectangular clear plastic container, which ‘Geocache’ written on it. It is inside a camouflaged drawstring bag. WHAT’S IN THE CACHE? At the start, the cache contained a log book, pen & pencil. Also scented 'mulberry candle', aeroplane eraser, mini highlighter, small green monster, sponge bob keyring, spider ring. Co-ordinates given are for the 1st location, where you will need to answer the following Question: Look at the Sign ‘Old Roar Ghyll & Coronation Wood'. What does L.N.R. stand for? How many letters in the 1st word = A How many letters in the middle word = B How many letters in the last word = C Co-ordinates for the 2nd (cache) location are: NA0 A2.BA9 E000 33.C(C- A)0 On entering the woods, there are a lot of big trees around which could possibly interfere with GPS reception. If you walk North to the stream and follow upstream, you should get good GPS reception. As you get to the very last bridge which faces North, walk over the bridge and follow path up. PLEASE BE CAREFUL AS IT CAN BE VERY SLIPPERY & MUDDY WHEN WET . ** CHILDREN SHOULD BE SUPERVISED AT ALL TIMES AS THERE ARE STEEP BANKS & A STREAM RUNNING THROUGH THE WOODS ** ** AS PER GEOCACHING RULES YOU CAN ONLY CLAIM A FIND IF YOU SIGN THE LOG SHEET **
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