The route can be completed in around 1 and a half hours being approximately 4.5 miles in total. This is over mixed terrain from tarmac path to grass and at times alongside the creek which at times can be both muddy & wet and slippery under foot choose your tides well.
Please ensure you wear sturdy footwear.
We commence near to Benfleet Railway Station but unlike yesteryear you no longer need to use the level crossing like in the 60's, how things have changed.
During the walk you will take in views across Bowers Marsh currently being preserved as a wetlands project and nature reserve. Once complete there is a possibility that with the guidance and assistance of the custodians of Bowers Marsh there may be an extention or trail through the new nature reserve.
Please be patient and do not place ANY cache on the reserve without their permission.
Dogs are permitted on the public footpath but NOT within the nature reserve, so please respect this exclusion and ensure that any dog is kept under control and away from any livestock/wildlife.
(potential for cattle grazing within although I have never seen any and nesting birds etc.).
The co-ordinates are not for the cache but for Parking (pay & display) and the clue to start the trail.
ESF A B B1C D=Cyclone
Cache at N51 32.(A-C)(A-B)(B + D) E000 33.(Cx(A-D)) (A-B) D
Jung pna V fnl ohg bayl Guerr Jbeqf: pyhof.envy.uvgf. gur fgbar vf abg zntargvp ohg V nz Oynpx/Fvyire.