Little Bridges
2523
Longleat
Lady's Bridge
This cache is located on a public footpath that gives you some great views of the Longleat estate. Lady's Bridge has a fantastic setting, with nice views across Upper Pond.
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Back in 2016, I visited Longleat to go fishing on Ford Pond; joined to Half-Mile Pond, which has an island in the center that houses a number of monkeys. I have never been a huge fan of fishing, so I decided to go for a walk up Lodge Road to see what I could find.
At the top of the road, is the furthest of the five conjoining ponds, Upper Pond. As I reached the end, I stumbled across this little bridge. It wasn't until fall 2016 that I started Geocaching, so placing a cache here never crossd my mind.
Fast forward to June 2022, I was scrolling through some old photos and I stumbled across a couple of pictures I took of the bridge. I walked here from Westbury and found the bridge, once again; still as picturesque as before. The cache is placed just up the public footpath from the bridge, it is locted at a shaded picnic area; which is made from fallen tree trunks.
Accessibility
The cache is neither wheelchair, or pushchair accessible unfortunately.
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, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here:- www.littlebridgesseries.co.uk . If you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan via the Little Bridges website with your caching name, name of your Little Bridge and the GC code 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.
This cache was originally placed and maintained by Jamie2791 from June 2022 - November 2023. The cache was adopted by Foresthare in November 2023.