We chose this lovely dog-walking area along the Ladies' Mile for placing our
caches, because it is not only where we walk our dog now (so I can check them
regularly), but also because it is where I played as a child, climbing trees,
walking my dog, making hideouts, etc. The area can get quite wet and muddy in
places in the winter months, so I advise waterproof footwear even if it is not
raining for your trip. There is space for a few cars to park at the end of
Ladies Mile Road and this is is also accessible(not by wheelchair users) from
the Crowhurst Industrial Estate, so it may be possible to park there.
This is a small cache containing some swappables, a logbook and some writing
implements. I have two kids, so we have made all ours child-friendly with
swappables to hopefully provide more family-friendly Geocaches. It is tucked under a huge log, quite near to the road, but far enough away to be safe. Please return the cache exactly as you found it and watch out for muggles!
There are 6 Geocaches we have placed in this area and it would take between
1-2hrs to find and log them all, depending on your fitness level, the speed you
walk and the weather and ground conditions. Unfortunately, only one of the 6
caches is wheelchair accessible (if you don't mind going over grass and stony dirt tracks). This one
is not, although there is a grassy path very close to this cache where you can
see the site from, if you have an able-bodied person with you to help.
It is named Dylan's Doggy Deposit box after our lovely, gentle, black cocker spaniel called Dylan(obviously!), who absolutely loves to come Geocaching with us - and always snores his head off on our laps in front of the fire after he's been on an Geocaching excursion! :)