GCYGQ5 The Hidden Lake v.2 (Traditional Cache) in United Kingdom created by bonaccord

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Hidden : 9/25/2006

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Cache close to lovely lake

This cache replaces the original ‘Hidden Lake’ cache that was recently vandalised. In replacing it we have also moved its location, so if you like you can have another go and claim an extra cache. It is in a camouflage-painted plastic snap-lid box.

At the edge of Wootton Bassett, near Swindon, is a little known park called ‘Jubilee Lake’. There is a free carpark, which you can find as follows. From Junction 16 on the M4 go westwards on the A3102 in the direction of Wootton Bassett. At the second roundabout, do not turn left to Wootton Bassett, but instead go straight on along the B4042 Malmesbury road. A few hundred yards on the left is the entrance to the car park opposite a sign reading ‘Jubilee Lake’.

From here you can take either of the paths into the park, where you will find a small lake and a fleet of noisy ducks. The cache is less than half a mile from the carpark, and the paths are suitable for buggies.

Go down to the lakeside before you switch on your GPS. The cache is hidden under tree cover, which made accurate GPS reading difficult. So the co-ordinates we have shown were taken in the open air as close to the cache as possible. The cache is a few yards away under the tree cover.

After you have found the cache you might want to visit nearby Wootton Bassett, a pleasant little town with a good range of small shops, as well as a couple of supermarkets. You can park behind Sainsburys.

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