Cache is located along the Trent and Mersey Canal. The cache is part of the Paddlers series placed by TeresaA along a short part of this canal. Cache is not on canal is is a Tree climb but visible from the ground. Take are when retriving cache as start of climb is difficult and on decent leaves make tree slippy. The start of climb is quite high so may not be possible for small children. If you are unsure of your ability please do not attempt.
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93.5-mile long canal (150.5 km) in the East Midlands, West Midlands, and north-west of England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and west of Middlewich, it is a wide canal. The narrow locks and bridges are big enough for a single narrowboat 7 ft wide (2.1 m) × 72 ft long (22 m), while the wide locks can accommodate boats 14 ft wide (4.3 m), or two narrowboats next to each other.
As its name implies, the Trent and Mersey canal was built to link the River Trent at Derwent Mouth (in Derbyshire) to the River Mersey. The second connection is made via the Bridgewater Canal, which it joins at Preston Brook in Cheshire. Note that although mileposts measure the distance to Preston Brook and Shardlow, Derwent Mouth is a mile or so beyond Shardlow. The plan of a canal connection from the Mersey to the Trent ("The Grand Trunk") came from canal engineerJames Brindley. It was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1766 and the first sod was cut by Josiah Wedgwoodin July that year at Middleport. In 1777, the canal was completed, including more than 70 locks and five tunnels, with the company headquarters in Stone