Somerset Antarctica Traditional Cache
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This cache is placed at Fyne Court, Broomfield, on the Quantock Hills. Many thanks to the National Trust for allowing and helping us to place this cache.
This particular cache has become a little lost on the Quantocks and seems somewhat at odds with its fyne feathered friends!
Fyne Court was bequeathed to the National Trust by John Adams in 1972 and includes a variety of habitats including woodlands, ponds and meadows. Fyne Court is a beautiful place to visit throughout the seasons and we hope you enjoy this cache.
We have enjoyed many days at Fyne Court, with friends and family, and you do not need to be a National Trust member to visit. There is a car park with an honesty box where you can leave a donation to support the work of the Trust. There is plenty to do and we particularly enjoy the various woodland walks. Also check out the small visitor Centre that has lots of great ideas for activities.
(see National Trust website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk)
Fyne Court is most famous for being the former pleasure grounds of pioneer 19th century electrician Andrew Crosse. Crosse was fascinated by electricity and set up a copper wire one third of a mile long in the grounds of Fyne Court. Under certain weather conditions such as fog, heavy rain or thunder and lightning voltage built up along the wire and generated flashes of light and loud bangs! Because of this he was known to locals of the early nineteenth century, as Wizard Crosse or the “Thunder and Lightning Man" and it was said enjoyed giving his unsuspecting friends electrical shocks! Nice!!
Andrew Crosse carried out a whole range of experiments, the most famous of which, was when he discovered mites appearing in a volcanic stone, that he had put in acid and passed an electrical current through. This was very controversial at the time as it led some people to say that Crosse was acting as God and was trying to create life.
Interestingly, Andrew Crosse gave lectures on this particular experiment and it was said that Mary Shelley attended one of these lectures and was so inspired that she went on to write ‘Frankenstein’. It has never been proven conclusively that Andrew Crosse was indeed the inspiration for Frankenstein, although it would be great if he was!
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