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Traditional CacheWild Boar Fell

A cache by Dill the Dog     Hidden: 8/30/2005

Size: Size: Regular (Regular)     Difficulty: 1 out of 5     Terrain: 4 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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Close to the flat top of the fell. The cache lies to the east of The Band and Aisgill Head, and to the west of High White Scar.

The cache container is a 0.9l plastic box.

Terrain is between 4 and 5 stars depending on your choice of route.

According to legend the last wild boar in England was killed here during the 16th century and is tucked up in the tomb of Sir Richard Musgrave in Kirkby Stephen's Church.

Although the cache is near a path running along the top of The Band it is fairly cosy with fine views south over Swarth Fell. You can sit by the cache and drink your coffee while you watch the kestrels hovering nearby. There are a couple of nice limestone coffee tables. Wild Boar Fell is an interesting mountain and it's worth allowing time to wander around its flat top and explore the nooks and crannies. The trig point, cairns and old mine workings (where I thought about placing the cache - too exposed) are all worth exploring.

There are many routes to the summit of the fell, the easiest probably being up the footpath from Little Ing Farm. It will be interesting to see the routes people choose.

The following route to the cache is only one possibility. It is the one I took to explore the fell and place the cache and is about 9km in total.

Park at Cotegill Bridge (at one of the roadside spots just south of the bridge e.g. N54° 22.065 W002° 20.951) and head up north side of Near Cote Gill until you get to a footbridge (N54° 21.926 W002° 21.404) then drift off over Foulmart Hill towards a fantastic little tarn at N54° 21.858 W002° 22.102. Pick a route roughly North West heading towards an unexpected sheltered possible rest stop at N54° 22.002 W002° 22.367. Carry on picking your way through the boggy bits to join the main path up the fell at N54° 22.388 W002° 22.932. Once you've explored the fell and found the cache your choice of descent will depend on how adventurous you feel and on the weather and visibility. I descended through the gap between the north end of Low White Scar and the south end of High White Scar but this would be dangerous in poor visibility. I visited the waterfalls just to the west of Aisgill Farm then walked south beside the railway back to Cotegill Bridge.

 


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A possible starting point at Cotegill Bridge

Looking North West towards Wild Boar Fell
The Cache

View of Swarth Fell from the cache site.

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 September 29, 2009 by twotyred (259 found)
On a 3 day trip from Kirkby Stephen to Buckden via Garsdale. Very wet on the summit but enjoyable nevertheless. TFTC. TNLN
Twotyred + Phil

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 September 12, 2009 by M3ZPY (615 found)
Yeah My 500th Cache Find!!!!
I found this cache while out with Clive M1YAM and in between a Landscape photoshot
and this was somewhat of a celebratory cache as it is my 500th cache to find in 5 years!
to commemorate this I have placed my 500th find Yorkshire Day 2009 geocoin
I took the squiral travel bug and signed the log
TFTC

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 July 25, 2009 by Superted (1133 found)
Nice cache bagged on my walk around the mountains in the area. Good views. Left TB.

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 May 31, 2009 by jodie16 (78 found)
Set off from Garsdale station via Swarth fell on a glorious sunny day. Found the cache quite easily, lovely spot for a cache. Continued on to Kirkby Stephen for the train back to Whalley. The Whalley Walkers.

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 December 30, 2008 by Mrs Gisaclue (31 found)
Biting cold day, too cold for mountain geocaching, but had to be found en route to trig point. Temperature was -5 degrees C as we drove back through Garsdale in the dark.

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 7:08:55 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (3:08 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 10/3/2009 1:29:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time (8:29 PM GMT)
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