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This beautiful footpath between arable fields and mature woods has one of the best views in Essex. Look through the gap down a valley over the marshes to the Kentish hills. This is my flagship cache and the ideal place to drop off and exchange coins or tb's, a sort of coin exchange.
Cunning Murrell the seventh son of a seventh son was the most famous witchdoctor in Essex. He lived opposite the church in Hadleigh in 1812 and used this path every night on his way to the marshes to gather herbs and potions for his spells. They say that on rainy nights around full moon he can be heard cursing as he tries to put up his cane umbrella.
After finding this Cache why not have tea and cake in the new Salvation Army tea rooms, bad design too noisy. But never on a full moon when theres a hint of rain in the air.
A WORD OF WARNING:
Murrell said as long as the Castle is standing there will always be six Witches within two miles of Hadleigh Woods. I think I know three of them. His wonderful oak chest that held all of his papers can be seen at Southchurch Hall Museum.
Tea rooms N 51 32.893 E 000 36.404 free but it closes at 5pm
Country park N 51 33.134 E 000 35.675 but you have to pay B***** £2
Please find my other nine caches on this circuit all within a mile :
Also Thundersley church and Jack The Tramp Of Dawes-Heath Woods are within a mile and also both in beautiful places.
I also have five other caches in the Southwold area of beautiful Suffolk. Happy Caching, Scarecrow Rog FTF Tman well done
