This cache is placed with the kind permission of Fennels Wood's private owner. This series makes a nice walk around Fennels Wood. The path can be muddy at time and wellies are recommended. With tree coverage, GPS readings are variable but the coordinates for each cache have been tested and can get you close enough to the cache for the hint to be effective. Please re-hide cache carefully and exactly as found. Thanks
This is a small clip-lock box.
History: Rosalie Bullock, who has reasearched the history of Fennels Wood, has the following to say about it : "Fennels Wood, formerly known as Fennel's Wood, is an ancient woodland. The wood's history can be traced back to the thirteenth century when it was sold by Roger Taylor of Little Marlow to Robert Fitzneel. It is thought that the name of the wood is derived from his name.
It has changed ownership many times over the centuries and was owned in succession by the Knight's Templar of Bisham Abbey, The Knight's Hospitallers and generations of the Carrington family. Though still in private ownership, it is now managed by Chepping Wycombe Parish Council as a public amenity.
The wood consists mainly of beech trees that stand at about 80 ft high, are long and straight suggesting that they were planted for the furniture industry which thrived nearby for 250 years until its decline in the 1960s.
A great deal of the wood was excavated for the roadway and the traffic from it creates some noise. Nevertheless, it is a wood of great charm and visual beauty and must be preserved for future generations to enjoy." 