I encourage caching by public transport. Take the Northern Line
to Camden Town or Kentish Town and continue on Bus 214 to
Merton Rd / Highgate West Hill to get within about 300m of
the cache. A bike will get you very close to the cache.
Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath is North London's largest and probably most
important green space. The wildest of London's parks has fields to
run in, long grass to roll in, woods to hide in and, most famously,
ponds to swim in. In north London this is THE place to get back to
nature. Strewn with picnickers, cyclists, families and the rest,
the heath is large enough and has enough copses, hills and mounds
that a quiet spot is never far away.
Ponds View
From the cache site, you get a good view over the nearby
Highgate ponds. The ponds were originally dug out as water
reservoirs for London's water supply in the 17th and 18th
centuries. There are over 30 ponds on the Heath, but there are six
major ones, in two different valleys. You're here in the valley of
the River Fleet, here a very small stream.
Below you is the "Model boating pond", where you can sometimes see
young or old muggles playing with their model boats and toy yachts.
Almost a bit like in St. Tropez in southern France, just smaller.
To the right, the next pond that you probably can't see but maybe
can hear, is the Bird Sanctuary pond. Below (ie. to the left),
hidden in some trees, is the men's bathing pond (sorry no ladies,
you'd have to go a bit further up).
The Cache
You're looking for an 1 liter, camouflaged plastic box that will
hold most smaller swaps and TBs. You will see a lot of ivy at the
cache location - look for a way to go 'inside'. Muggles may be
nearby, so some stealth required. Please take
care to replace the cache exactly as found and make sure it sits
safely in its spot so that it doesn't fall down. It's best placed
ON ITS SIDE.
Take note of the letter and number under the lid for the
bonus cache.
Original Cache contents: Logbook+pen, a colour pencil set and a
playcard set.
Hall of Fame
1. Gold went to... renatopivano! on 15 October
2007
2. Silver for rodz on 16 October 2007
3. Bronze for goldpot on 16 October 2007, closely
followed by The Bongtwashes on the same day.