Brooke Park
Brooke Park is one of the most important parks in the city of Derry. Its development is somewhat unusual, with two local philanthropic benefactors each playing a key role in bringing about this invaluable present-day public asset. It began as the grounds of Gwyn's Institution, an orphanage for destitute boys, provided by the generosity of John Gwyn, a local businessman and opened in 1840.
Of particular interest is the way in which the park evolved from the existing ornamental and productive gardens of the institution into a public park in 1901 following a bequest from James Brooke or Drumahoe. The layout of the park today remains essentially Victorian in design, though the scale of ornamental plating is much reduced.
Taken from "Friends of Brooke Park" where there is a full history.
The Cache
The container is a small transparent screw-top container with just a logbook and pencil but is large enough for small coins and travelbugs.
There isn't a great selection of parking in the area but when I placed the cache I parked on Marlborough Street and entered through the nearby gate at N 55 00.011 W 007 19.831
The Series
This series is based on the Irish calendar of 12 months and 4 seasons. A new cache will be placed each month and will contain a clue in the logbook that will lead to a season cache.
This cache is placed in March and contains the second of three clues for Spring.
You will also need to find February and April before you can look for Spring.
Please note that the clue locations and final cache for Spring won't be in place until the end of April 2009.
For more information on the Irish calendar check out Wikipedia.
PLEASE ONLY TRADE UP OR EVEN.
TBs MOVE BETWEEN CACHES AND REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE PERSON THAT RELEASED THEM. I DO NOT COUNT THEM AS TRADE ITEMS.
IF YOU WISH TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM THIS CACHE PLEASE DON'T LEAVE A TB IN IT'S PLACE. THANK YOU.
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