The Becka Brook is a delightful stream that is a tributary of the River Bovey and has its source up towards Top Tor. This is a very typical Dartmoor Clapper Bridge, although it seems to have been patched and repaired over the decades. It is the logical route and best crossing point of the Becka Brook if you are going from the Haytor area to Hound Tor.
The cache cannot be sited at the bridge but this gives a great opportunity of wandering downstream a little way where you will pass some beautiful waterfalls and rapids as the brook descends towards Becky Falls, less than a mile away.
The cache is not at the Little Bridge but can be found by answering 2 very easy questions, probably from the photo!
- How many main slabs are there on the bridge = A
- How many main channels are there through the bridge = B
The cache can be found at N 50° 35.(A+1)(A+B-1)(B+5) W 003° 45.(A+B)(A-B)(B)
I would like to thank the Dartmoor National Park Authority for their kind permission to place this cache, which has been placed according to the geocaching guidelines.
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. There is a stats listing run by Bloodsock, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here:- https://littlebridgesseries.wordpress.com/ . 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 # xxxx then the name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.