Col has received gift membership of The Woodland Trust for his birthday. One of the benefits of this is a tree is dedicated to him within the Himley Plantation. This is usually a tree that has been planted within the last 10 years but it is not marked in any way so as to keep the wood as natual as possible. We have decided to place a cache in a more mature tree instead to mark a special tree.
The Himley Plantation covers 58 acres, dates from the eighteenth century and was once part of the estate of the Earl of Dudley. The disused Kindswinford Branch Railway (now the Staffordshire Railway Walk) bisects the wood.
The main body of the woodland to the south of the railway line is mature mixed woodland comprised largely of oak, beech,sycamore and common lime with ash, chestnut,scots pine,hornbeam and larch.
Please replace the cache carefully so it is secure.
There are also a number of other caches within the vicinity.
Cache placed with the kind permission of The Woodland Trust.