Don’t
Make A Habit Of It !
The cache is
hidden in Coombe
Abbey
Country
Park
a
lovely rural location just outside of Coventry.
CoombeAbbeyCountryPark
The Cistercian
abbey adjacent to the park dates back to 1150. In the early 17th
century the abbey and its surrounding lands were purchased by the
Craven family who owned it for the next 300 years. In the 1960s the
park was opened to the general public and now the old abbey has
been transformed into a hotel.
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Monk
Sculpture
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If you look
closely you will find a monk and several other sculptures carved
out of tree trunks. Artist John Wakefield was commissioned to
create the pieces in 1996. To turn a dead historically important
tree into public art is a remarkable way to conserve it. Sadly, one
display that showed the children of the Craven family and their pet
monkey "Jacko" has been vandalized with
a chainsaw - only the little girl remains.
Parking is now
£3.30 for all day.
http://www.gardenvisit.com/g/coo1.htm
There is a
visitor’s centre which has a restaurant and various little
shops; there is also a picnic and BBQ area with other picnic tables
around the park. If waterfowl are your thing, there's a huge lake,
with a hide and Heronry.
Two play areas
are available for Children so there is plenty to do.
The terrain is 1
as you should be able to reach the cache by wide, well-covered
paths until the last 70 feet or so. You should not have to cross
water except on a proper bridge. However, if you simply follow the
GPS arrow, you may well end up crossing streams and getting lost in
bushes!
The cache itself
is a small sized food container which is air and waterproof. This
cache has been adopted twice since it’s original placing and has had many
visitors as it is in such a beautiful location. The current owner,
wykenwizard, adopted the cache from
Stu & Sarah. It holds a special
significance for wykenwizard as it was
his first cache find. The wykenwiizard
is always accompanied on caching expeditions by his assistant
apprentice. The apprentice's navigational skills are such that it
is truly remarkable, nay magical, that he ever finds anything at
all!