Howling Erratic Traditional Cache

A sheltered walk in nice mixed but mainly conniferous woodland which is full of erratics. The cache is near the biggest erratic in the wood, and the only one that has been deemed worthy of a name - Wolf Stone - hence the cache name. It is about the size of a transit van. The athelietic can get on top but be careful as it is slippy. I needed dragging up with a dog lead by my son who being young leapt up with ease. There is no view other than trees from the top!     

I like this walk, so do the dogs. It is relatively flat and also sheltered being in a wood which is criss crossed with lots of paths so take your pick of routes in and out, and how long a walk you want. There are also a couple of other caches nearby so fill your boots! Once into the wood a glance into the gloom beneath the trees reveals lots of erratics lying about, these are large out of place rocks / boulders deposited as the ice melted at the end of the last ice age. I do not know if there are more erratics hereabouts than elsewhere for some glacial reason or if they have just never been moved since dumped there by the retreating ice. Looking at the map one day I saw something marked up as The Wolf Stone, it took me to the wood in the first place. Turns out it is quite a big lump of granite (I think, any geologists?), brought here thousands of years ago probably from the mountains to the West by some glacier or icesheet. Quite a sight in the middle of a wood, and interesting to imagine what this whole area must have looked like back then, just shattered rock, big boulders, lots of melt streams and melting ice.   

To stay away from the main event, although it has never been busy when I have visited (only ever me the other r3a team members if with me and always the dogs), the cache is hidden about 40m West of the big rock in a pleasing tree / rock merger. The container is a lock lid plastic box maybe 5 inches by 5 inches by 1.5 inches. Usual log book, pencil and some swaps.

Have fun!