The Good Life #3 Away
from it all
A series of caches
inspired by the 1970's sitcom The Good Life.
Tom and Barbara are
depressed because their latest crop is a letdown.
They go to Margo and Jerry's for dinner.
Each cache is placed near allotment
sites in and around Colchester.
There are 17 allotment sites in Colchester with approx 800 plots.
These allotments are known as 'Grants Meadow'. Grants Meadow has an
area of wetland habitat, where the land is unsuitable for allotment
plots. There have been a number of species reported here including
a cuckoo wasp (Hedychrum niemelai) which is a Red Data Book (RDB3)
species. RDB3 species are catagorised as rare.
Other species reported here include
crickets, butterflies, craneflies, hoverflies and water ladybirds.
The site includes a colony of the scarce arable weed Weasels Snout
or Lesser Snapdragon (Misopates orontium), nationally this species
is in decline, especially in the south east.
On the back of each log is a number that you will need to
collect to find the bonus.
Please
make sure the cache is well hidden. You will need a pen and
tweezers might be useful.
Parking
is available close by on Smiths Field, see parking
co-ordinates.
The cache is a short walk from here along a footpath. I have
included co-ordinates for the start of the
footpath.