Baldrick has a cunning plan Traditional Cache
NewnhamCarters: It is time this one is put to bed
Many thanks for all previous visitors and messages
I will look in the future to a new cache in the area
Baldrick has a cunning plan
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Newnham Meadows Park at Plympton
This is an easy cache site within the public park on the edge of a
number of housing estates that have developed around here since the
1980's. That said open countryside can be viewed from this
location.
Newnham Meadows Park was originally farmland and part of the
Newnham Park Estate until the area was developed for housing in the
1980's. Part of the planning consent for the housing development
was the provision of park and recreational facilities for the new
housing estate originally built by Beazer Homes South West.
There is plenty of street parking nearby on the estate and I would
suggest High Glen Drive or Bridle Close or even Stoggy Lane give
easy pedestrian access to the park. Perhaps the easiest access is
by parking at the junction of Compass Drive and Newnham Road and
then walking down the marked path into the park that runs behinde
the bus-shelter in Newnham Road. This path leads directly into
Newnham Meadows.
The park is maintained by Plymouth City Council and has a trim
trail and children’s playground, 5 a-side football goals and basket
ball hoops.
What is the connection with "BALDRICK" you may ask??
The park was officially opened in 1998 by Blackadder actor TONY
ROBINSON in a low key affair attended by about 6 local residents
(including my wife and children) and council officials.
Tony ROBINSON was in Plympton filming Channel 4's TIME TEAM at the
time.
The cache is a 1 litre plastic box containing log book Geocache
notice pen and is sufficiently away from view to avoid being seen
by children playing in the park.
Beware however this is a dog walking area though the cache site
does have some seclusion.
The Cache is best accessed by crossing the bridge over the stream
on entering the park and walking up the tree lined remnants of an
old "green lane" keeping the earth bank on your left.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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