Les Landes is
Jersey’s largest expanse of maritime heathland. Located on
the North West coast, it covers an area of 160 hectares,
bounded by 3km of rugged granite cliffs. The variety of
habitats at Les Landes supports a wide diversity of flora and
fauna including rarities such as the Dartford warbler and
cross-leaved heath. It was designated as a Site of Special
Interest (SSI) in January 1996 due to its outstanding array
of wildlife, its important landscape value, its historic and
archaeological remains and its fascinating geological
features.
Les Landes retains
evidence of use by mankind over the past 5500 years. La Cotte a la
Chevre is a middle paleolithic occupation site, one of a few
remaining in north-west Europe, Le Pinnacle, also an impressive
geological feature, was used during Neolithic times, the Bronze Age
and by the Romans as a settlement and a ritualistic site. Grosnez
Castle, constructed in the 14th century was a medieval refuge from
invaders. During the German occupation of the Channel Islands in
World War II, many gun emplacements, bunkers and observation towers
were constructed as part of Hitler’s ‘Atlantic Wall’. They still
stand today as a reminder of this part of our history.
Les Landes supports
over 200 species of heathland plants, several of which are rare in
Great Britain. Notable species include heath pearlwort, spotted
rock-rose, allseed, sand crocus, dodder, cross-leaved heath, lesser
skullcap, carnation grass and common cotton grass. The wet area of
Le Canné du Squez is a breeding site for the common toad. Green
lizards and slow worms inhabit Les Landes, and many birds, such as
wheatears, stonechats, ravens, peregrine falcons and the Dartford
warbler have been recorded on the SSI.
To be able to find
this cache you are going to have to know how to be able to
‘project waypoints’ on your GPS. It may be worth
reading your hand book to see how this is done before attempting
this cache.
All bearings taken are
using ‘Degrees in True N’. The distance is in
km to the closest 0.01km. Depending on your GPS’s
ability you may have to round this number up or down to the closest
tenth. Remember if you do this you’ll be that much over/under the
required final projected waypoint distance.
At the listed coordinates you’ll discover an
information board telling you about the
structure
• From the information
on the board what was the date this structure started being
constructed? The first digit is A
• When was it captured
by the French? The third digit of each date is
BC
• When was the
Seigneur of St Ouen granted permission to fortify his manor? The
second digit is D
• When was the navel
signal station set up? The fourth digit is
E
Your bearing is ...... ACD
Your distance is .... A . (C - B)E
Now enter this data into your GPS from the top
step.
Once
you reach this projected waypoint you’ll have
completed the first part of 'Project One'. Now you just have to
solve the questions below to get the coordinates for the
cache.
To find
the cache answer these questions
N49
F.GHI
• How
many yellow dots can you find? Add this to the number of houses you
can see here. This is F
•
Restored German guns. This is G
• Grosnez
Castle. This is H
• Model
aircraft runway. This is I
W002
J.KLM
• How many birds do
you see? Multiply this by 5 to get J
• On your walk over
you may have seen a Golden Ringed Dragonfly. Take away the number
of wings it has by the amount of time the larvae can spend
submerged in water. This is K
• What is the Latin
name of the Bell shaped flower which makes Jersey’s heathlands so
colourful from July - September? How many letters does the second
word contain? This is L
• The tiny whorled
leaves are grouped in….. This is M
Now you have the final
waypoint coordinates to find the cache. It is a 1.5L Tupperware
container with various trade items log book, STAMP and INK PAD. If
you are using public transport you'll need to take bus route 8 - St
Helier bus Station to Grosnez.
THE STAMP and INK PAD IS NOT
A TRADE ITEM AND MUST REMAIN WITHIN THE
CACHE.