This cache will take you along the old trail that follows the
southern wall of the Palace of Queluz. It runs along the Carenque
Creek too.
It used to be abandoned, with lots of bushes covering most of the
trail, but nowadays it is slightly more looked after. There isn't
much CITO to do, but I always manage to bring back the odd plastic
bag and beer bottle.
The cache is now a small tupperware. It's not inside a black
trash bag so it isn't in plain view.
Sometimes you can see wild ducks in the river. A few years ago
this was just a dream, since the river was so polluted. Downstream,
the Carenque Creek meets the Jamor River, just when it leaves the
Palace Gardens.
Trivia 1: The Carenque Creek has this name because it passes
through the Carenque village, where there is a quarry with some
dinossaur tracks. It is also a place where there are a few
Megalithic monuments.
Trivia 2: The word Carenque can be loosely translated into a
Celtic form as Kar Enque, which mean Stone Circle or Stone Henge,
if you prefer.
Trivia 3: If you follow the trail to the river you can see, on
the opposite wall, a little rectangle with a mark on it. That mark
refers to a flood in 1967. Pretty high, isn't it?