There are frequent bus services from Ashton and Stalybridge which stop near the park; the 348, 236, 237 all run along Stamford Road.
Your task is a simple one to achieve. At the listed coordinates you should find a large object believed to have been deposited by a glacier at a time when prehistoric mammals still roamed the earth.
The objective of this Earthcache is to demonstrate that this is a glacial erratic - a term referring to a rock that differs in size and type than rock native to the area and transported by ice. Glacial deposits suggest the ice radiates outwards and extended southwards through Lancashire from local accumulation centres in the Lake District and the Western Pennines reaching as far south as the Whitchurch area.
This would explain the occurrence of boulders consisting of a rock type native to the Lake District and not Cheshire where the solid geology is dominated by large tracts of mainly red trassic sediments laid down in semi arrid desert conditions between 225 and 195 million years ago.
To log this Earthcache please contact me using the link at the top of this page and tell me the answers to these questions:
1. Describe the colour of the erratic and what does the surface feel like?
2. What shape is the erratic? Is it angular or rounded? Explain how this shape has been caused
3. Explain how this erratic got here and what is it's approximate volume?
As an optional task, it would be nice if you could post a photo of either yourself or your GPS at the location (try not to give anything away which would allow guesses for the answers).
Please enjoy your visit to the park, and if you have not been before, you can pick up the other caches placed by tonymusprime but above all, Happy Caching and have fun.