Little Bridges #1742 Four Lakes Trail #6 Letterbox Hybrid
Little Bridges #1742 Four Lakes Trail #6
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The sixth cache in the Four Lakes Trail series. You are looking for a plastic box.
Number 1742 in a series of caches at footbridges. This is one on my existing Four Lakes Trail. Some cachers have suggested a LB cache here but there wasn’t space for a trad- so here is a multi-style Letterbox Hybrid!
A walk of around 3km along my favourite Backwell walk, part of the Nailsea Loop Walk, whereby you'll come across a total of 4 eponymous lakes over the 13 caches. I would recommend doing this during dry weather conditions as after wet days some parts of the trail (especially around #2, #3 and #4) get VERY MUDDY to a point where it's a lot harder to walk on. Terrain Levels are respective of this.
All caches are on public footpaths or publicly accessible land. Some of the land occasionally has grazing livestock, (particularly cows and horses) so keep dogs close by.
The trail itself is quite adventurous, with varied terrains: Paved ground, grassy field, muddy footpaths, stony ground and steps. Be warned: YOU WILL HAVE TO CROSS A TRAIN LINE AT ONE POINT between caches #5 and #6; this is potentially dangerous for young cachers and dogs, make sure to keep them both close by.
To find the cache, work out the following information:
On the bridge you will see a yellow circular footpath sign. The number of walkers shown = A
The number of planks of wood that make up the floor of the bridge = BC
The cache can be found at:
N51° 25. B (A+A) (C-A)
W002° 45. (A+C) (C-B) A
As required for Letterbox Hybrids, there is a rubber stamp present in the cache. With previous LH hides I have included an ink pad, but I’m stopping this due to far too many leakages. Therefore if you wish to use the stamp you will need your own ink! It will stamp a picture of a bear.
Also on this trail are the opportunity to pick up SideTracked- Nailsea and Backwell GC54DR6 (provided you parked in the recommended parking area near #1)
I hope you enjoy the walk as much as I do.
Additional Hints
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Gb gur evtug bs gur zvav-ynxr vf na rzonaxzrag jvgu ebpxf. Gur pnpur vf ng gur onfr bs bar bs gur ebpxf.