Back over the pitchers head (Around Malt Hill) Traditional Cache
SomersetCache: Sadly this one has gone again and the area that was once a quiet corner of the park is now a crossroads. Rather than move it I will free up the area for someone else.
Back over the pitchers head (Around Malt Hill)
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My first cache hide, in our local park and near the start of one of my favourite cycling routes, and now added to my Malt Hill series as the Eighth in the circuit.
The cache will be easy to find with obvious camouflage however it will also be easy for muggles to see if not re-hidden with care. The cache is a small clip lock box with a log and pencil and room for a few swaps and TB's.
Westmorland Park
The park was opened to co-incide with the housing development in the area in the early 1990's. It includes a number of football pitches which are well used on a Saturday morning during the season, a small lake, an excellent childrens play area and some lovely paths with woods to the east side. There are tennis courts but whilst they are council operated they are sadly not open to the public to pay and play and therefore they are under used.
The cache name derives from another sport played in the park during the summer months.
THE SERIES
Around Malt Hill is a series of 10 caches over a distance of 13km on foot or 12km by bike. Suggested parking at the start of the series is at Warfield Memorial Ground off Osbourne Lane however there are other parking alternatives around the circuit the best of which are shown on the attached map. As well as these 10 caches the route also takes you directly past 7 other traditional caches and close to many more to the north of the loop.
For details of all of the series and the other traditional caches along the route see GC3EMM0.
DIRECTIONS (to/from)
If you are coming from “Backtrack” follow Grove Lane down to Winkfield Row/Chavey Down Road, turning left opposite the school, past the pizza restaurant on the left and then right at the cross roads with traffic lights. Follow Forest Road for 1km before taking the bridleway left opposite Haley Green Road (look carefully it is easy to miss).
There is parking at N 51° 25.760 W 000° 43.580 however don't even think of trying to park here on a Saturday during the football season as it is packed as are many of the roads nearby.
Heading onwards to “Streamline” cross the playing fields to the large clubhouse and then onward to the kids play area staying left of the lake and then turning left along the cycleway next to the Bullbrook stream.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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