Flitwick Woodland Walk Traditional Cache
Kipps: Sadly, this has been muggled and I am unable to maintain it.
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A pleasant walk through beautiful Bedfordshire woodland. Dedicated circular pathway suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs. Dog walkers dream location!
Please park at N52 00.255 W000 30.456 - this is a residential road with 2-3 parking spaces for the woods.
Enter Flitwick Woods by the metal 'kissing gate'.
There is an information point in front of you detailing the history of this part of the wood as well as the flora and fauna to be found. This is a nature reserve - please respect the area.
Take the path to the left. The cache can be located by following the pathways and enjoying the woodland.
Some areas of the woodland can be quite muddy during the winter months.
Cache is a small 'tupperware style' box inside a camoflage bag.
Original contents; log book, pen, FTF badge, smiley badge, Geocache Stash Card and Trekking Trevor Travel Bug.
This is our local woodland and my eldest son helped to reforest the area with his school in 2005. The aging non-native Poplar trees were removed and replaced with locally grown Ash, Oak and Field Maple trees as the woodland had originally been so that future generations can continue to enjoy this quiet spot.
A great place for an afternoon stroll what ever the season.
A bit about Flitwick.......
There is a history of permanent settlement on Flitwick Moor as early as 4000 BCE, but the village gained its greatest importance when the Romans built a road through Flitwick linking Ermine Street and Watling Street. The current Windmill Road follows the route of the Roman road.
The Saxons eventually ousted the Romano-British inhabitants, and established farms near the sites now occupied by Flitwick Manor and Flitwick Mill. The Saxons also built a church at Priestley ("priest's meadow"), near the manor house.
Flitwick was mentioned in the Doomsday Book, when it was given to the Norman lord William de Lovet. In 1150 the parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul and the mill were gifted to Dunstable Priory by the lord of Flitwick. The Priory held the church until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Flitwick Manor, on Church Road, is an elegant Georgian building in a landscaped park. The manor is now a luxury hotel.
Flitwick Woods offer enjoyable walks, especially in spring when bluebells carpet the ground and the smell of wild garlic is in the air!
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