GC26MC7 The Seven Ponds (Traditional Cache) in Eastern England, United Kingdom created by Furry-Ferrets

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Hidden : 4/28/2010

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Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

The site of Holywell Fish Ponds in Longthorpe is steeped in history and has the best remaining examples of medieval fish ponds in the Peterborough area. The seven ponds used to form part of the estate of Thorpe Hall and provided the lord and his family with a constant supply of fresh fish. Inside a small grotto in the corner of the site there is a natural spring that feeds the first pond then the water flows from one pond to another around the site. During the 19th century the grotto and spring formed part of a distillery, the water being used to produce peppermint water, a remedy for ailments such as diarrhoea. Traces of this distillery were located on the site in 1975.

The ponds are in several acres of grassland, in one corner there is a wildflower meadow with native wildflowers this will encourage more wildlife and provide a little more colour to the site. The ponds are very popular with anglers at all times of the year with some good-sized carp and tench reported. The site is also home to many birds, a kingfisher and heron can regularly be seen along with coots and moorhens. Most of the ponds were cleaned out in 2007/08 as they were getting very choked up with vegetation, fallen branches and silt. The ponds are now greatly improved making them much more attractive especially to the wildlife.

Please bring your own pen/pencil as there is only room for a log book inside the cache. You will need TWEEZERS as log book is hard to get out without them. Please ensure lid is clicked in properly when finished.

We would highly recommend not to do this cache at night, due to the proximately of water and natural wildlife obstacles. Also slippery and muddy underfoot in wet weather. Be careful especially if you are walking the plank! There are alternative routes round the back, so please don't risk in bad weather conditions.

*** Please be careful of wasp nests, particularly in the summer. ***

Although this area can be very quiet at times, woofle walkers seem to appear from nowhere all of a sudden. We had a couple of ladies watching us for what seemed an eternity - even whilst pretending to be fascinated with the local goose, and taking photo's!

Fishermen are often here too in all sorts of hidey-holes.

Happy caching!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvtu hc - nobhg 6sg * OEVAT GJRRMREF!* Uneq gb trg ybt bhg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)