Blackwater #6 White Hart Hotel Traditional Cache
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Blackwater #6 White Hart Hotel
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A circular route of 11 urban caches looking at the history of Blackwater including a multi that can be picked up enroute. 1 extra cache is a drive by further along the A30.
This is part of the History of Blackwater series of caches. I have lived here all my life and have found it interesting delving into the past stories of the town. There are over a thousand years of history surrounding the river crossing at Blackwater, known as Brydrs Ford (Brides Ford) from the Crondall Hundred survey of 973-974 AD
A large amount of the local information on these cache pages is from a brilliant book called “I Remember, You Remember” by Nora Hough which is sadly out of print now but available to borrow from local libraries.
The main cache route is circular and can all be done on bike. It is approximately 2 miles long and whilst doing the caches you can collect the clues for the multi. There are a few main roads to cross so please be careful.
Many of the cache locations are busy with muggles, especially during rush hour so be careful!
The White Hart Hotel was near the railway station. It had an elegant ballroom and lots of dinners and dances were held there. They also held balls there for the passing out parades for the cadets from the nearby Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.
My parents remember visiting here a number of times in the 60’s from their home in Middlesex.
The hotel is no longer there, having been replaced by the White Hart parade of shops.
If you look across to the other side of the A30 (where the flats are now), the Blackwater pleasure fair used to be held there from 1880 onwards (previously it was held along the A30 itself).
At the fair there were roundabouts, swingboats, sideshows and boxing booths. Whilst you could indulge in such treats as gingerbread, brandysnaps, cockles and home made rock.
This is a very muggle rich area especially during the evenings, so please retrieve and place back carefully
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FTF - REGGIECAT :)
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