North Gate Ponds Traditional Cache
Royal Oak: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.
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Royal Oak
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Small magnetic cache. In a quiet park not far from Chester city centre. There's good cycle path access, but it could get a little muddy in the depths of winter.
The Northgate Ponds appeared sometime between 1882 and 1911 on the extensive railways lands to the north of Chester city centre. At that time the railways were a particularly important feature of Chester's landscape and economy. It is possible that the 'ponds' were tanks constructed to supply water to steam locomotives, especially as they are situated on land slightly higher than the railway tracks to the south and east. They had become considerable overgrown over recent years with the effect of reducing wildlife. In 2007, they were given a new lease of life with surrounding trees being cut back. The main pond was drained, deepened in the centre, relined and refilled before appropriate flowers were planted around the edge.
Northgate Ponds is a lovely little park that few people know about.
Please be careful not to drop the cache into the ponds, and feel free to let me know if the co-ordinates are off.
Cheers!
PS as of today, 16th January 2012, any visitors who don't physically sign the log will have their on-line log deleted. Them's the rules. Besides what sort of geocacher doesn't have a pen about their person? And there's a corner shop next to the park if you need to buy a replacement writing implement...
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