Princes Park was a regular favourite for my Daughter and I when she was young and we often visited to play on the swings or feed the birds.
'Princes Park was laid out as it is today, on shingle waste, between the First and Second World Wars, the work was carried out mainly by the unemployed in 1921. The shingle waste formed part of the Crumbles and stretched for several miles along the South Coast. The lake is fed by a river and is also tidal, hence the sluice gates at either end of the lake to stop it draining at low tide. Due to the tidal aspect the lake has a mix of fresh and salt water. On the 30th June 1931 the Duke of Windsor, as Prince of Wales, visited the Park and planted an evergreen Oak in part of the Park that is now the Oval. The Oak is still there to this day and can be seen to the East of the football stand. Shortly after the Duke of Windor's visit the Park was re-named 'Princes Park' in his honour.' Source - Friends of Princes Park.
You are looking for a magnetic micro that has not been placed over the water so it should be safe to retrieve and reduces the risk of it falling in, however please be safe around the water particuarly with kids. You will need your own pen to record your find and please replace EXACTLY as found as it keeps going missing!
Congratulations to Vimmes for FTF!!!
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast, Damian from Winter Foxes has created and updates a list of cachers who has found 10 or more little bridges and can be found here, if you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan on stanthews@aol.com and he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xx then name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to Damian’s list.