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This cache is part of a series of geocaches called Park Life. Caches are placed within our urban parks, community gardens or country parks. For more details and statistics on how you can expand the Park Life series please visit the Park Life webpage.
🌲*** Rouken Glen Park *** 🌲
Welcome to Rouken Glen Park, once the grounds of the home of the mill owner for the Calico Printing Works in Thornliebank. Voted Britain's Best Park in 2016, through the vote run by Fields in Trust. The park is where my kids and I had our first two "Did Not Find" logs on the first day we tried geocaching. These were Rouken Glen Walk - Welcome and Rouken Glen Walk - Walled Garden. Thankfully these were followed by our first find, which was Rouken Glen Troll. During snack in the cafe at the duck pond, we decided that we would continue geocaching and so I paid for the Premium membership, allowing us to log that first find.
The park is home to a number of caches (Traditionals, Multis, Unknown/Mystery and Earthcaches). One of the Earthcaches, Rouken Glen Gorge - Earthcache covers the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the park. The park covers a number of areas, from grass lawns and a children's play area, a relatively flat events area, skate park, the duck pond, the gorge with the woodland walks and waterfalls, areas modified for historical industrial use and a rolling pasture area. The park is also bordered to the southwest by a golf course and to the south by the Glasgow - Neilston railway.
The park contains some businesses (a garden centre and cafe, the aforementioned cafe at the duck pond, and a five-a-side football centre). There is also a pavillion for the Park Rangers which includes information about the history of the park. Public toilets are available at the Pavilion and at the street side of the building that houses the duck pond cafe.
As this is a Letterbox Hybrid, the cache contains a stamp. This should remain in the cache and not be removed. It is glued into the lid, to prevent it being lost or taken.
Now, to work out the locations, use these two Jidigi puzzles.
Westings (168 pieces)