A new set of Lab caches appeared in Ilkley, all to do with Ilkley being sort of a Spa town – it was fashionable for a time in the Victorian era to come to Ilkley and ‘take the waters’ and several big hotels or ‘Hydros’ were built.
Notable visitors to Ilkley for this included Charles Darwin
31st August 2021 – Ilkley’s Aqua Mirabilis Lab Cache – Craiglands – cache #5635
One of the big hotels is still a hotel
31st August 2021 – Ilkley’s Aqua Mirabilis Lab Cache – Troutbeck – cache #5636
Another is now a care home
31st August 2021 – Ilkley’s Aqua Mirabilis Lab Cache – Hillside – cache #5637
Hillside is where Charles Darwin stayed while undergoing Hydropathic treatment
31st August 2021 – Ilkley’s Aqua Mirabilis Lab Cache – Wells House – cache #5638
Wells house is where Charles Darwin underwent his treatment
31st August 2021 – Ilkley’s Aqua Mirabilis Lab Cache – White Wells – cache #5639
White wells is the only Hydro building left standing
31st August 2021 – IIlkley’s Aqua Mirabilis ALC: Bonus Cache GC8YQJF – cache #5640
The bonus for the set is conveniently near White Wells
31st August 2021 – Willy Hall’s Spout GC7JR3W – cache #5641
This cache is at a little waterfall on the way up to White Wells from the road – or in my case on the way down from White Wells to the roadside car park
