Walton Wander No.18 Salix Alba Traditional Cache

From No.17 continue along the Delamere Way, passing beneath Oakonut on your way.
Don't forget to check the log book for bonus info.

Salix Alba or White Willow is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing up to 10–30 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular, often leaning crown.
The wood is tough, strong, and light in weight, but has minimal resistance to decay. The stems (withies) from coppiced and pollarded plants are used for basket-making. Charcoal made from the wood was important for gunpowder manufacture. The bark was used in the past for tanning leather.
Salix alba tincture Hippocrates wrote in the 5th century BC about a bitter powder extracted from willow bark that could ease aches and pains and reduce fevers.