Travelog post for: Big Glubschi

Hello! Today our host took us to Trent Park in Enfield.

Some information on the park taken from Wikipedia -Trent Park

Trent Park dates back to the fourteenth century when it was part of Enfield Chase, one of Henry IV's hunting grounds. In 1777 George III leased the site to Sir Richard Jebb his favourite doctor as a reward for saving the life of the King's younger brother, the then Duke of Gloucester. Jebb chose the name Trent, because it was in Trento that the King's brother had been saved.
In about 1836 the house was bought by the banker David Bevan for his son Robert Cooper Lee Bevan on his marriage to Lady Agneta Yorke. Robert Bevan built Christ Church, Trent, in 1838 to provide a suitable place of worship for the district. In 1909 the estate was sold to Philip Sassoon (cousin of the poet Siegfried Sassoon), who entertained many celebrity guests at Trent Park, including Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill.

During World War II Trent Park was used as a special prisoner of war camp for captured German generals and staff officers. They were treated reasonably hospitably with special rations of whisky and regular walks in the grounds. Many of the rooms inside the mansion had been equipped with hidden microphones and listening devices, and thus the British military was able to gather important military information and an intimate inside-view into the minds of the German military elite. They received information about war crimes, political views and got a clearer picture of the military resistance that led to the unsuccessful coup on July 20, 1944. 84 Generals and a number of lower ranking staff officers were brought to Trent Park. More than 1,300 protocols were written by the time the war ended; a selection of these was published in English in 2007 under the title Tapping Hitler's Generals.


Near the parking lot were several downed trees that had been carved into various shapes.

Someone carved chairs from the stumps.





Its not the best looking chair, but it serves its purpose!






A bunny!




What is this? I don't know, but it makes a good hidey hole!






After a long tromp around the woods, we took a rest on a nearby tree.





What is this? Near the tree we found a mysterious brown box!






Oh, its a geocache! Interesting...
More information on Geocaching





Inside the cache.





Unfortunately our host wasn't feeling well, so we didn't get to see much more of the park.  Maybe next time!