GC162CJ Corwen Ford (Traditional Cache) in North Wales, United Kingdom created by Team Marzipan adopted by The Mad MG's

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A cache by Team Marzipan adopted by The Mad MG's Message this owner

Hidden : 9/19/2007

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This Ford is just 2 minutes off the A5 (see Traihead).
The above coordinates take you to the cache, there is parking near GZ.

Corwen Ford (5*) Off-Roaders Only! A tourist attraction

'This ford near Corwen, locally known as the 'carwash' is very popular with 4x4's, access is easy and the surface is firm with a few small rocks, a 4x4 with good wading ability is the important. There have been reports of barbed wire being placed in the water as you enter the ford, so worth having a good look before you cross.
'The second ford is just downstream and quite similar, the finish is on a green lane but the start is on a standard C road.'

Fords.
A ford is a place in a watercourse (most commonly a stream or river) that is shallow enough to be crossed by wading, on horseback, or in a wheeled vehicle. The names of many towns and villages are derived from such places, e.g. Oxford (a ford where oxen crossed the river: see the Oxford coat of arms), or Stratford (a ford on a Roman road). In some parts of the United States, fords are known as low-water crossings, or low-water "bridges", particularly when they are on a public road.
A ford is, clearly, a much cheaper form of river-crossing than a bridge though normally only suitable today for very minor roads. Most modern fords are shallow enough to be crossed by cars and other wheeled or tracked vehicles (a process known, fittingly, as "fording"), but they may become impassable after heavy rain.
At localities where the water is shallow enough, but the material on the riverbed will not support heavy vehicles, fords are sometimes improved by the provision of a submerged concrete floor. In such cases a curb is often placed on the downstream side to prevent vehicles slipping off, as growth of algae will often make the slab very slippery.
The German word furt (as in Frankfurt) and the Dutch voorde, (as in Coevorden, Dievoort, or Amersfoort) are cognate and have the same meaning.

1*) Basic Watersplash or Irish Bridge (Ford culverted at low flows).
(2*) Small Ford or rough larger Ford unsuitable for all vehicles.
(3*) Average Ford or large Ford unsuitable for all vehicles.
(4*) An unusually deep or long Ford.
(5*) A tourist attraction in its own right!
The local carwash (visit link)
This is the vehicle you need

(visit link)

Further information on Fords can be found at WETROAD.CO.UK (visit link)

Congratulations to 3 happy souls how were first to find this Geocache on the 30/9/07, just beating elis

who turned up later the same day (the early worm!!).

Nearby cache -
A5 Frustration (old bridge) (visit link)
Corwen walk along the riverbank. (visit link)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr/erne bs gerr, ybgf bs oenapurf.