The Bullshot field was named after a bull that got struck by lightning. The field currently is being used for grazing horses. The field is within Green Belt land. The land was owned by the Earl of Derby, landowner and politician. The fields used to be used by hop pickers from London.
The garage on the right used to be a forge and just past the garage on the left is the old mill if you are lucky you can see it. Along the verge sometimes you can see wild strawberries and woodland anemones, a sign of ancient woodland. In WW2 one of the houses on the farm was hit by a Doodlebug.
Caution and Notes: The footpath goes from the B245London Road to Mill Lane. If walking along Mill Lane, it is recommended you use Hi-Viz as there is no pavement for pedestrians and the lane is up to 60mph. The 402 bus stops at the bus stop and goes to Tonbridge, on the other side Sevenoaks. The cars travel fast here, Please keep dogs on the lead and do not feed the horses as they could get very sick.
Where is the cache?
You will see a wooden stile at the footpath. There are 2 neighbourhood watch posters, one at the stile and behind the stile IN the field, if you are on the B245. The cache is in a tree just on the right of the 2nd neighbourhood watch poster, chest level. It is in a transparent lunch box with a green top. Please put something nice for the other hikers in it and log the sheet. The cache was moved to a better location previously.
Parking 2024 the usual spot is the layby past The Shambles, which is about a half a minute from that house. It is about 5 mins walk from the cache site. If you can't back there, ie if there is engineering works or other cars have already parked there, you can park at the road called Foxbush, just 3/4 walk towards on the village, along a residential road. If you are cycling you can just place your bike by the stile and do a quick. The 402 bus stop is about 2 minutes from the cache. Mill Lane is rubbish for parking for ziliions of reasons!
PARKING: It is recommend to park in the free layby just beyond Mill Garage on the corner of Mill Lane. There is a layby just on the left of The Shambles Londo Road TN11 9NB,about 5mins from walk from the Cache. It is not recommend to park in Mill Lane as traffic is busy as fast, and your car could get clipped as the road is 60mph. Take cure when crossing the junction it is quite busy. Probaby best avoid in rush hour.
Cycling: It is on a footpath so no cycling but you can cycle up to the stile on the London Road by the bus stop.
Have fun!