Twists and Turns Multi-Cache
allieballie: Don't live in the area any more so sadly this one will have be to be archived as I can't maintain it.
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A multi-cache based around the Camperdown Elm - although this tree is small, its branches twist and turn and knot together to create a distinctive and weird natural feature.
Please note that this is an updated version of an earlier traditional cache which had to be moved. It contains the log book from the other cache but because it is now a multi-cache and in a new location, cachers who have found this previously are welcome to come back and find this one again.
The tree which you will see fenced in at the above co-ordinates is the original Camperdown Elm, a mutant form of the wych elm, which was discovered growing wild in woodland by David Taylor, the Earl of Camperdowns head forester. Taylor was intrigued by its appearance and transplanted the tree to the grounds surrounding Camperdown House. Interest in this odd variety grew and this elm provided the early cuttings from which it was to be widely propagated.
Camperdown elms satisfied a mid-Victorian taste for curiosities and many examples were planted in parks, gardens and cemeteries throughout Britain and America. In Prospect Park, Brooklyn, a Camperdown Elm planted in 1872 has developed into a picturesque weatherbeaten specimen, no more than 13 feet high, like an oversized bonsai. It is considered to be the outstanding specimen tree in that park.
Cuttings need to be grafted onto a wych elm tree to get them started so Camperdown elms depend on humans to keep them alive as a species. However, they were effectively wiped out in Britain as a result of Dutch elm disease. Fortunately this original one has survived. As cultivars, Camperdown elms cannot self reproduce and so every Camperdown elm tree in the world can be traced back to the tree you see here today.
Park in the car park at N56 28.875 W003 02.415.
From the information boards, find the answers to the following:-
The Camperdown Elm was discovered by chance about 18BD
5A 000 oak trees went into building Nelson’s fleet
The two small elm trees were micro propagated in 199C
Cache is at N56 29. AB (C ÷ 2) W003 02 (C ÷ 2) (B - 2) (D - B)
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