Ladybug

Zipped into Regent’s Park, one of eight Royal Parks of London. The Royal Parks make up land that was originally used for the recreation, mostly hunting, by the royal family. They are part of the hereditary possessions of The Crown. Sadly, geocaches are not allowed to be placed in Royal Parks but we can still have events like this one. 🌹

Another hot day in London. Took the bus to Twickenham for an event and found a couple of caches along the way. Twickenham is the home of the Rugby Football Union, with hundreds of thousands of spectators visiting Twickenham Stadium each year. 🏉

Took a trip to Mistley in Essex today for some high pole challenge caches. Mistley is believed to be the home of Matthew Hopkins (c. 1620 – 1647), a witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War. He claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament. 🧙‍♀️

I met ACED37 at Oxted and we drove to the amusingly named Titsey in Surrey for a new series of caches based on the Carry On films (1958-1992). The humour of Carry On was in the British comic tradition of music hall and bawdy seaside postcards. Lots of innuendo which is obviously why these caches were placed in Titsey. Although the films were very often panned by critics, they mostly proved very popular with audiences. 👙

No rest for geocachers after a Mega. There were still lots of challenge caches to be found that were released for the SE Mega so I took you to Lullingstone Country Park near Eynsford, Kent. A former deer park of a large estate which was mentioned in the Domesday Survey, it was later sold to become an open-space and woodland park. The park and Lullingstone Castle are a Scheduled Monument and there is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest as well. Very pretty place. 🐞