Riverside Stroll in Lower Slaughter Traditional Geocache
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Riverside Stroll in Lower Slaughter
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A lovely walk beside the River Windrush along the Warden's Way. The
path splits in two, and the cache can be found not far from the
kissing gate.
The river starts in the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire,
northeast of Taddington, which is north of Guiting Power, Temple
Guiting, Ford and Cutsdean. It flows for circa 40 miles through
Bourton-on-the-Water, and the village of Windrush, into Oxfordshire
and through Burford, Witney, Ducklington and Standlake.
It meets the Thames at Newbridge and is host to fish, including
trout, grayling, perch, chub, roach and dace. It held good
populations of native crayfish until at least the 1980s.
River waters were used in cloth and woollen blanket making in
Witney from mid 17th century.
In 2007, the Windrush was one of many rivers in the area to flood.
Towns and villages along the entire length of the river were
affected, but particular problems were caused in Witney, which was
cut in half by the closure of the only bridge across the
river.
Fab walk to Bourton On The Water - why not continue to Brum's
cache?
PLEASE NOTE - The new location is very near to the river and Safety
is paramount.
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