Another Hubbard's Hills Clean-up!
A chance to help tidy-up our 'gameboard' and earn a virtual souvenir for your profile.
10.30.am - 11.30am
What is a CITO event?
Cache In Trash Out (CITO) is an environmental initiative supported by the geocaching community. Since 2002, CITO has helped preserve the natural beauty of cache-friendly spaces. In that time, more than 363,000 people have volunteered at 18,000 CITO events.
Twice per year, geocachers can earn virtual souvenirs by hosting and attending events during CITO weeks. Today's event falls within CITO week and so, by coming along this morning you will be doubly rewarded: first by automatically earning a souvenir for your profile and secondly by that warm feeling that you'll get inside from knowing that you've helped to make the world a better place to live in- and geocache in.
What is Hubbard's Hills
Geologically speaking, Hubbard’s Hills is a glacial overspill channel formed as the last ice age ended about 40,000 years ago. A marginal lake of meltwater trapped between glacial ice sheet and the Lincolnshire Wolds poured over a chalk ridge and gouged a 125-foot-deep (38 m), steep-sided valley. The river Lud, far too small to create such a valley, now meanders through it. You can find out more by completing this nearby Earthcache.
Hubbard's Hills was donated to the town of Louth by the trustees of Auguste Alphonse Pahud, and opened to the public on 1 August 1907. Auguste Pahud, who was Swiss, moved to Louth in 1875 to take up duties as a German and French teacher at King Edward VI Grammar School. He married a local girl, Annie, daughter of William and Maria Grant. They were wealthy farmers living at the manor in Withern about six miles south east of Louth.
Annie Pahud died in 1889 and Auguste never got over this, committing suicide in 1902.They were buried at Withern Church, but their gravestones were removed after it was declared redundant in July 1980. The church was sold as a private residence in 1983. Annie and Auguste's gravestones are still visible on the pathway beside what used to be the church.
The trustees of Auguste Pahud bought Hubbard's Hills to honour his wish to create a memorial for Annie.They established an Edwardian pleasure garden with a lake, a country park and a memorial. The conveyance required "the natural beauty of the property and its rural character is to be forever maintained".
Following initial discussions in 2008, on 1 April 2009, East Lindsey District Council passed the responsibility to maintain the park to Hubbard’s Hills Trust Limited. The Hills will however still “belong” to the people of Louth and the Town Council will continue as official custodians. The Trust's role will be to deliver on a conservation plan to safeguard the next 100 years of the Hills, replanting trees, enhancing the chalk stream and dredging the ornamental lake. Volunteers assisted with clean-up efforts in August, 2009 and we continue this work today by our CITO efforts.
What do I need to do?
Just turn up at the published coordinates at 10.30am where there is limited parking. Additional parking is available at the other end of Hubbard's Hills (see additional waypoint) where there is a £1 parking fee. After an initial briefing, and possibly a team photo, you just need to wander through the park and gather up any litter or discarded items. Return any bags or litter to the published coordinates either at the end of the event (midday) or when your bag is full! This is where all our litter will be collected/disposed of and I will remain close to this location throughout the event.
I will provide: Black bin bags, anti-bacterial hand-get, moral support, log book for you to sign (optional)
You should bring: Gloves, litter pickers (optional, but useful if you have a bad back like me!), high-visibility jacket (optional, but makes you feel important.) warm/waterproof clothing and footwear.
Disclaimer: Please note that, as with all geocaching activity, you take part entirely at your own risk, and no responsibility for injury or illness is accepted by the event organiser.
