You do not need to be a National Trust member, or pay any
entrance fees to do this cache. Parking is available at the local
village hall, and trailheads to the cache are on public
footpaths.
Ticknall had its hey-day in the late 18th and 19th centuries,
when lime yards and brick making, tile and pottery operations were
in full swing. Lime, was used to fertilise crops, and to produce
mortar for local building. Bricks manufactured in the village were
put to use not only in Ticknall and Calke, but also in other
villages on the Harpur-Crewe estate. Earthenware pottery was also
another long established industry in the village.
A horse-drawn tramway was constructed running from Ticknall to
the Ashby Canal, in order to link up with the Midlands canal
system. It carried limestone in one direction and coal in the
other. In order to comply with the sensitivities of the
Harpur-Crewe family, its journey through the park was hidden from
view, in a tunnel only about one foot below the surface.
This multi-cache requires information collected from various
places within this SSSI, and create new waypoints for the
next.
The cache co-ords are not the actual location of the box.
See waypoints for the nearest Footpath from the road.
The whole walk for this cache alone may take an hour or so, some
muddy terrain in winter. There are also some steep drops near to
water, so watch the kids and dogs
You are only taking reference points from within the SSSI and
Calke Abbey grounds. No caches are placed here.
Once on the footpath your first port of call is a reference
point at The tramway tunnel. (Approaching from the road, or coming
down from "Popping the Calke").
Make a note of the year it was built. This is ABCD
Make a note of the year it officially closed. This is EFGH
You'll need a torch if you go through the tunnel!
Now move on to a small tunnel located at 52 48.6A(G+H) 001
28.CF0
At the tunnel count the number of man made holes that appear in
it. This is IJ.
Now move on to the next waypoint at 52 48.(A+H)I2 001
27.F(D-E)1
Add up the digits of the first phone number on the sign. (Two
digits) This is KL.
Move to the next waypoint (last one before the final) at 52
48.(L-K)(L-I)0 001 27.((K+(K+I))-1)AK
How many vertical bars on a single metal gate. This is M.
Onto the final. 52 4L.(M+2)(E+H)(L-K) 001 2((Mx2)-1).M(Mx2)5
Enjoy the walk.