Learmount Forest covers an area of 118 hectares of the foothills of the North Sperrin Mountains and is located at the edge of the village of Park. The Forest dates back to the 18th Century and there are over fifteen species of trees planted within, some of which are well over 100 years old. These include Lime, Scots Pine, Norway Spruce, Beech and Horse Chestnut. At the lower end of the forest the River Faughan winds its way on its journey to the sea. The forest paths are dotted with wooden sculptures and for younger geocachers there is a playground beside the car parking area.
This cache is part of the Little Bridges series which I first came upon in England and wanted to bring to Northern Ireland. The cache is a micro and needs to be replaced exactly as found to maintain the concealment. Near to the bridge are a number of doors in the trees that belong to the Fairy Folk that inhabit the forest. So if it's daytime remember shhhh, the Fairy Folk are sleeping all around you.
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.