You will need to bring your own pen.
Buck wood and the neighbouring woods are beautiful woodlands on the side of the Leeds Liverpool canal. I have decided to place a series of 6 caches along a lovely 3 mile walk taking in the sights and sounds of the woods.
There are a few other caches in the woods already so be sure to have a scout around for those too whilst you are out and about. I would suggest that you allow a good 2 hours for this walk, that’s taking into consideration time spent looking for the caches and soaking up the surroundings. After rain some of the wood can be very muddy so welly bobs or boots are advisable.
To get to the forth cache on this walk, continue from cache 3 until you are presented with a sharp right hand turn in the path marked with an arrow on a post (see photo). Follow the path as it winds up the hill side (this can be very muddy), continuing on up a short series of steps. You will then be presented with a fork on the path (see Photo), take the right hand path. You will shortly emerge from Buck Wood/Field Wood onto Ainsbury Avenue.
Ainsbury Avenue is a private road and is Yorkshire Water’s main access down to Esholt Sewage works on the north side of the Leeds-Liverpool canal. In recent years it has been blocked off near to the bottom of the hill with a gate to stop unwanted vehicle access.
While this is a private road there is still access to Thackley Football club at the Thackley end of the road. Access on foot is permitted through the gates and along the road to get to Dawson Wood and down to the canal.
Having grown up local to this area, I, as many others did, used Ainsbury Avenue to learn to drive. It was an excellent place to perfect those 3-point turns and hill starts, though back then we could use the whole length of the road.