Wild Boar Fell
A
cache
by Dill the Dog
Hidden:
8/30/2005
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain: 
(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.
Additional Hints (
Decrypt
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Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)
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Gur pnpur vf ghpxrq va n erprff orgjrra gjb ynetr obhyqref uvqqra oruvaq n srj fznyy ebpxf.
(Decrypted Hints)
Find...
 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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