Badby Wood is ancient
woodland – it has been growing here for over 700 years. It was
designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1985.
It mainly consists of native hazel and oak trees with ash in
wetter areas as well as a mixture of birch, elder,
honeysuckle, holly and rowan. Within the wood there are
bracken glades, ancient earthworks and a stream. Bluebells
carpet the woodland floor in May and June.
The first three caches are colour coded balls. You will have to use
the key below to gain the number for the final code (e.g. if a
brown ball is found at cache C, C=8) . they are each secured in
place with a chain, so should be easy(!) to find them. The final
cache is a green ammo box.
The above co-ordinates are for the car park. From here you will see
a path toward the forest and the first cache.
Ball Key:
ORANGE=1 RED=2
PINK=3 YELLOW=4
GREEN=5 BLACK=6
WHITE=7 BROWN=8
BLUE=9
Your journey takes you through where Flanagan & Allen ‘dreamed
their dreams away'...now make your way to cache A
Cache A is at N 52 13.292 W001 10.260. You’ll find it in the
remains of an old tree stump. You should be able to see a capital
‘K’ with a heart around it on a tree nearby.
Record the clue here:
A=.................................................
Cache B is at N 52 13.242 W001 10.185. You’ll find it in a tree
stump which looks like it has ears!
Record the clue here:
B=.................................................
Cache C is at N 52 13.151 W001 10.048. You’ll find this one in a
decaying tree stump on the other side of the path to a fallen
tree.
Record the clue here:
C=.................................................
Now you have to do a bit of maths to get the final
co-ordinates!!
N 52 (A+B).98(B-C)
W00(C-A) 0B.9A(A-1)
From the cache site you can see the remains of the Dower House. The
Dower House has been unoccupied since 1702 when the last occupant,
Annie Knightly died. The house, now a ruin is a popular resting
point for walkers exploring Badby Woods. However be careful, the
site is said to be haunted by a mysterious and sinister
huntsman!
There is also another story about the woods but I have left the
details of this in the final cache as well as some other
goodies!
Please leave the laminated card in the box so that other
ghost-hunters will have a chance at finding out 'The Mystery of
Badby Woods'!!!!
Tip - Place the box up-side-down to get it the
right-way-up...you'll see what I mean
Hope that you enjoy this cache!
