Opened in April 2000, The Mortain Suspension Bridge was erected for pedestrians to cross the River Stour, which links Blandford Forum with Blandford St Mary. This bridge also compliments the Stour Meadows which is a popular dog walking area for the local people.
During the summer of 2012 a family of otters were regularly seen on the river near to GZ and were filmed for Springwatch on BBC television. They are still there today and make regular appearances during quieter periods. Whilst you’re here, take a stroll and sit on one of the benches by the river and see what you can see….you may even see the otters or a Kingfisher or two!
You are looking for a nano so therefore, please bring your own pen/pencil and please replace cache where you found it, without dropping it! This is my first placed cache!
Cache wheelchair and buggy accessible :)
****CONGRATULATIONS TO SEEDY22 FOR FTF ON 30/08/15*****
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.