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Car parking is available
at:-
N 52° 02.329 W 000°
37.528 |
The Main Car
Park has been closed for work to be carried out so you are
recommended to use what was the secong parking spot but is now the
main parking place. It is a little longer but is still a nice
walk
The idea for this cache started when I met Jonathan Plowe, the
woodlands officer for the area. I was planting a cache in College
Wood (See A Picture Paints A Thousand Locations - GCQNGB),
when Jonathan commented that Geocaching is a great way to get
people out into the woods, something the Woodlands Trust
encourage.
He mentioned another wood that he manages, that never gets
visited he expressed that he was keen for more people to come and
enjoy the area. This area is called Holcot Wood!!!
Holcot Wood is part of the Reynolds Wood area managed by the
Woodlands Trust and is a great place with views of the surrounding
areas and the Brogborough
Lake. The woods are full of some very interesting old trees;
it's a very quiet and peaceful place.
You may see some Buzzards, Muntjac and if you are quiet and
lucky some Chinese Water Deer.
This is a great cache to do as a rest stop on the
M1, it's less than a mile from junction
13 on the A421. The closest train
station to this cache is Ridgmont.
The Sustrans cycle way 51 runs near the woods
for cyclists and horse riders. You can reach the woods from Bedford
or Milton Keynes using the cycle way. For more information and maps
have a look at this web site http://www.sustrans.org.uk
For more information about Holcot Wood and the surrounding area
have a look here
Thanks to Jonathan Plowe from the Woodlands Trust for permission
and help in placing this cache.
Some things you might see doing this cache (click on the
images to expand) :-
FTF honours, go to
zensunni - 20 Nov
2005.