07/10/2008 Back in action! This was the 3rd cache I ever set (2nd in Runcorn), over two years ago now. Its quite suprising how much mother nature has enroached this area. The place where I first hid it is no longer accessible due to very large (and thorny) plants, yet the cache was hidden at the height of summer. Of my three footpaths to it, the "Cut above" cache has long since been archived but you will get an extra cache coming from Daresbury firs. That's Sam's Tree, which was set by Bargee but adopted by me!
An idyllic rural scene, you could be forgiven for thinking you were in Cotswolds not a town associated with chemical plants!
On a map its looks like you might be able to drive up to it but you can't because the road has been barricaded off. There are three main public footpaths to it. Don't worry about the railway line you won't have to cross it.
1) Park at the end of new housing estate in Sandymoor and walk through the Bog Wood. This is the shortest way. If you through Bog Wood take a look at the very peculiar tree I have given as a waypoint. How on earth did it end up like this? There is a childrens play area near the parking and you could take a push chair.
2) Down Red Brow Lane, via A cut above
3) From Daresbury Firs
