Grand Union Canal Cache - near Bunts Wood Traditional Cache
Grand Union Canal Cache - near Bunts Wood
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This is one of a series of caches on the canal system around Birmingham and Solihull. The Birmingham and Warwick canal towpath is part of the Grand Union Canal Walk, a long distance recreational route starting at Gas Street Basin in the City Centre.
The cache is a 450ml clip-top box hidden just off the path beyond the woods and not the actual towpath. From the recommended parking place follow the footpath sign going to the left of the last house in The Dell. This leads to the canal which is in a deep cut. The path can get very muddy so be prepared, there is also one stile to cross. Follow the path until you see the canal below on your left and continue until you emerge from the wood and follow the path above the canal. Since the cache was placed a fence has been erected, however there is a gap just beyond the cache site and you can come back inside the fence, taking care to avoid the nettles and you don't need to go down to the towpath.
The initial contents are:-
Log Book and pencil
4x4 Hot Machine
Mini torch key ring
Racing Car
Thimble
Green Eyed Alien T.B.
This length of the Grand Union Canal from Digbeth to Warwick was authorised in 1793 and the canal opened in 1799 as the Warwick and Birmingham Canal making the link through to London with the Grand Junction Canal. The canal prospered for the next 100 years but as the railway system developed, that became the carrier of choice and the canals began to loose trade. !n 1929 the Grand Union Canal Company bought the canals between Regents Canal Dock in Wapping and Birmingham under one ownership and in the ensuing years the canal was widened to a 12'6" standard. Following the first world war the canals steadily declined as carriers of goods and are now principally recreational waterways
Additional Hints
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Ng gur onfr bs n ynetr bnx gerr