Today I did a rather rare thing in that I archived one of my
caches. Its only the second physical cache of mine that I have
archived myself. I had a box with me to put a new one out in
Smithills Hall but I could not find anywhere I liked so it ended up
here instead!
I have visited Moss Bank Park all my life. As a child I loved to
play in the rock garden and the wall garden. When I was older I
actually used to work here and now I bring my own kids. So much of
my caching is in parks, I know them very well and there a few nicer
ones than this. What Moss Bank Park has lacked is any caches. It
did have one for a while but that is now long archived. I have
looked and looked and its not the easiest of places to find
anywhere even for micros. However today I finaly found somewhere I
could place a Tupperware Box! If you park in the top car park its
virtually a drive by but I hope you will stay and look at the park
as well!
Attractions in Moss Bank Park (all free of charge)
The Rock Garden My favourite place as a child. Its
not
always open but if it is don't miss it. In the middle of the rock
garden is a memorial tree to King George V. It was planted during
his reign.
The Rock Garden in 1920
Old English Walled Garden Lots of parks have these,
this
is very similar to the one in Haigh Hall.
Animal World Nice minature zoo. The star attraction seems
to be the peacock, but I like the chipmunks. One thing you wil
notice at the end of animal world is a large tower. This was built
as an astronomical observartory in the 19th Century.
Butterfly World If you are a lepidopteran then this is
the place for you. When I went in today with Max I saw the biggest
butterfly I have ever seen. I didn't realise they came that
big!
Barrow Bridge Chimney More of a well known landmark than
an attraction. There is a funny story attached to this. One
christmas day Bolton's late and much missed steeplejack Fred Dibnah
was a bit bored so he decided to do some work on this chimney. He
was up with his tools in no time. However people assumed that the
only reason someone would go up a chimney on Christmas day would be
with the intention to jump off it! Shortly a load of policemen with
megaphones arrived hoping to talk him down!