Deer Leap Traditional Cache
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The cache is on a footpath circumnavigating Batsford Park to the South. The closest parking would be Batsford Arboretum car park accessed from the A44 in Bourton on the Hill. The corordinates for the carpark are; N51 59.802 W001 44.084
On inheriting the Batsford estate, Lord Redesdale demolished the existing Georgian house & began to build a new home (not open) along with many of the estate houses, eventually turning his attentions to the gardens.
Drastic changes began to take place around the turn of the century when Lord Redesdale destroyed much of the original design & began to created a "wild" garden of natural planting, inspired by his earlier travels in Asia. He combined his ideas on conventional parklands with a garden landscape & some of the major trees still standing today at Batsford were his original plantings along with one of Britains best collections of bamboo.
Lord Redesdale, died in 1916 & the Batsford estate was passed to his son, David, father of the famous Mitford girls. Nancy Mitford based some of her novel " Love in a cold climate" on her time at Batsford.
The estate was sold in 1919 to 1st Lord Dulverton. His wife, Victoria took a great interest in the gardens being responsible for some of the larger plantings including the Handkerchief Tree & Copper Beeches. Later members of the family inheriting the estate continued to develop the gardens into the renowned arboretum that is here today.
You are looking for the cache which is a 1 litre clip lock box containing log book and small exchangables. The Deer Leap platform has been erected so that deer can enter the estate by climbing the ramp and leaping over the fence but it is obviously a one way device.
If you look carefully, you are guaranteed to see the Batsford deer herd in the field beyond the fence (see gallery). Also, if you carry on Eastwards, you will see Batsford House.
Congratulations to Rosie's Rangers on FTF
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