Biscuit Ladies Walk Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/16/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


West Park Local Nature Reserve West Park Local Nature Reserve is on the western edge of Uckfield, Between the West Park housing estate, the A22 Uckfield bypass, and The B2012 Uckfield / Piltdown road. It was owned for 200 years by the Streatfeild family. It is special because it contains a wide range of habitats in a relatively Small area of 11 hectares (27 acres). These habitats include mixed Woodland, grassland (much of which is full of flowers) and a sensitive Marsh which supports a variety of orchids including the rare southern Marsh orchid. Wooded sandstone outcrops, formed under the sea And heaved up about 37 million years ago, are home to over 60 Species of moss and liverworts and some are thought to be species From the last ice age. These outcrops also have archaeological value – Our ancestors used these outcrops to build basic shelters during the Mesolithic period, about 9000 years ago. Lake Wood and West Park used to be part of the Streatfeilds’ estate (the Rocks). They landscaped their estate under the influence of Capability Brown, planting exotic trees as well as native ones and creating the lake by damming what is called a Ghyll valley with a clay dam The Streatfeild family and the Rocks Estate, by Simon Wright Richard James Streatfeild, born 1844, died in 1931 owning estates at Rossington in Yorkshire near Doncaster, and East Sussex in and around Uckfield mainly to the south and west. The heart of the Uckfield estate was Rocks House, which his father, Richard Shuttleworth Streatfeild, had built in the late 1830s, to designs prepared by Sydney Smirke. It replaced a Georgian family home, Copwood, inherited by Richard Thomas Streatfeild – R J S’s grandfather - in 1770. His survivor was Annette Streatfeild, an only child, born in 1866. Upon her death in 1937 the estates were sold. That at Uckfield was purchased by a local business consortium formed at the instance of W. A. Clark of St.John Smith & Sons who were charged with the sale of the properties. The Streatfeilds were Kent people; the Uckfield branch came from Chiddingstone. Through marriage they had acquired by inheritance, and purchase, the estates offered for sale in 1937. Richard James, soon after his marriage in 1865 had progressively involved himself in the town’s affairs and business. In the course of his life he provided a number of institutions: renting to a Trust the property which became the Cottage Hospital, establishing the Uckfield Institute, leasing for 999 years the Victoria Pleasure ground, facilitating the provision of the Public Hall, being a churchwarden and a governor of the Uckfield Grammar School. He chaired the Urban District Council when this was created in 1895, supported the Horticultural Society and, during the First World War, raised the local reserve volunteer ‘home defense’ force. I have been granted permission to place the Geocache in West Park Reserve, by: West Park Local Nature Reserve Ranger Transport & Environment East Sussex County Council County Hall St Anne’s Crescent Lewes BN7 1UE Telephone: 01273 482670 Please be aware that the permission is based on Geocacher’s being considerate to the reserve and the environmentally sensitive areas. Please abide by the Bye-Laws and be considerate when parking in the local area, please use the car park marked as a waypoint, in princess close. West Park is protected by a number of bye-laws, approved by Uckfield Town Council and the Department of the Environment. Please do not: Drop litter or dump rubbish or garden waste Dig up or disturb plants or pick flowers Light Fires Use Guns or Hunt Climb on rock outcrops Ride motorbikes, Cycles or Horses You are welcome to walk your dog in the nature reserve but you must clear up its mess (there are bins at Egles Grove and princess Close) http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/countryside/walks/westpark/default.htm Link to East Sussex/West Park http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2D4C5014-CCD5-4F68-B5F3-ACA694DA5486/0/west_park_leaflet.pdf Link to West park information sheet http://www.britainsorchids.fieldguide.co.uk/?PP=species_account&SPID=44&SHC=3&PSD=2 Link to Southern Marsh Orchid The Cache is a 1litre Tupperware container, slightly camouflaged; it contains a notebook pen/pencil etc. Please sign the log book or leave a calling card, please replace the cache as found and be aware of muggles. The reason it is called "Biscuit Ladies Walk", is after my mother who always walked my dog in west park and gave him to many biscuits!!! hence the nick name. so beaware she could be watching you as you go for the cache. Happy hunting. FTF "THE MOOR WE HUNT...." FTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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