Pleasure Grounds No1 Traditional Cache
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This is a series of 5 caches plus a bonus cache on a walk of around 2km along paths through the area of Milford on Sea known as the Upper Pleasure Grounds, incorporating Studland Common and Sharvells Copse. Some of the paths in this area can become muddy in winter, and at one stage there is a short flight of steps to negotiate.
The Pleasure Grounds were given to the local parish in 1890, and contained small water meadows with alder and willow along the valley of the Danes Stream which runs parallel to the coast at this location. Studland Common is at its western end is mostly rough grassland and scrub whilst Sharvells Copse was originally a pine wood forest that was destroyed in the 1987 hurricane but now is being regenerated as mixed woodland. Permissive paths allow access throughout this area and the caches have been hidden with this in mind so that they are easily accessible from these footpaths.
Permission has been granted from the Milford on Sea Parish Council for caches to be placed in this area. Please respect the flora and fauna in the area and replace the caches out of sight as you found them.
It is suggested that the walk is started at cache No1 and completed in the sequential number order to cache No5. At cache Nos 2 and 5 you will find in the front of the log book either a letter X or Y with a corresponding number against it to use in the coordinate equation to find the bonus cache. The other numbers to fit into the coordinate equation for the bonus cache are to be found by answering the questions at the way point stages given as you pass between cache Nos 3 and 4 and 4 and 5. So please pay particular attention to the questions asked as part of the geocache description for caches Nos 3 and 4. This will enable you to find the coordinates for the bonus cache.
Navigation between the caches should be fairly straightforward following the appropriate footpaths as indicated by the compass direction. When going from cache No 2 to 3 it is suggested you initially follow along the path beside the Danes Steam and when going from cache No 3 to 4 you initially keep turning right until you cross Blackbush Road.
Parking is available at Hordle Cliff Car Park (N 50° 43.530' W 01° 36.580) at a fee from £2.00 for 2 hours, where there are public toilets and a refreshment kiosk open in summer months. It is also possible to park along the nearby Whitby Road after the yellow lines finish.
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(Decrypt)
5sg hc naq vafvqr