Tolkien 5/18 (Buckleberry Ferry) Traditional Cache
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Tolkien 5/18 (Buckleberry Ferry)
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This is cache 5/18 of the Tolkien series. (Ammo Box) Instructions below lead from cache 4/18 - 5/18. This is the final cache for this location, Further caches in the series will be made available soon.
Turn with your back to the bridge and follow the road uphill. Opposite the bus shelter junction, go left over a stile and bear slightly left across the field to another stile in the fence opposite. Go over the stile and walk straight uphill, crossing another stile before the brow. Bear slightly right across the field, passing through a kissing gate and heading towards the hedge to the left of the farm buildings.
Go through the kissing gate and turn left along the tarmac track, which drops steadily downhill. Where the track levels, go straight ahead, through the gate and into Winckley Hall Farm yard. Turn right, go straight through the yard, Go through the gate and turn immediately right along a gravel track, with the River Hodder again on your left. Where the Hodder joins the River Ribble, you will reach a stile by a bench. continue to follow a wide track alongside the Ribble. After about 1km, the Ribble is joined from the left by the River Calder, with Hacking Hall on the opposite bank, Cache 5/18 is here.
To find you way back to hurst green follow these directions:
Continue to follow the bank of the River Ribble until the path narrows near a stone building on the right. Go through a gate on to a track and over a stile, heading towards Jumbles Farm. Follow the track around to the left to pick up the line of the river again. Where the track turns right, keep straight on alongside the Ribble. As you walk you will see a stone cross on the hillside to your right.
Where the cross disappears from view, go over a stile, across a pebble surface, then over another stile to continue alongside the river. Ahead of you is a graceful three-arched aqueduct. When you reach the aqueduct, go over the stile to its right, bearing slightly right across the field and through another stile on the edge of a wood. Cross the wooden bridge and climb the stepped path to another stile. Go over this stile and walk straight ahead, following the fence on the left.
Where the fence turns sharply left, keep straight on downhill. Cross two bridges and another stile, then turn slightly to the left. You should now be walking uphill along a low ridge with ditches on either side. After about 200m, cross the stream on the right and turn left to continue uphill, follow the line of the field boundary on the left. At the top of the field, go over a stone stile in the left corner and pass through the car park of the Shireburn Arms Hotel. Cross the road to return to the start of the walk.
By the way the food in the Shireburn pub is great, my wife says the Banofee Pie is the best she has ever had.
You have finished the first series of Tolkien caches 1-5
The next series will be posted soon, but be warned it will be more challenging and does include a rather scary Shelobs lair cache
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