Walshaw Dean Wanderings Traditional Cache
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This is another in a series of 5 caches placed around Walshaw Dean Reservoirs.
This is placed by the higher reservoir.
Some extreme weather events in May in the twentieth century.
On the 19th May 1989 approximately 193.2 mm of rain fell at Walshaw Dean, in 2 hours.
This is the record daily rainfall for May, and the most intense 2 hour rainfall recorded in Britain. It was associated with high pressure but air being forced up the Pennines asociated with an old cold front. It was hot to the south of the front, and cool to the north (-2C that morning in NE Scotland). A SE breeze pushed hot air into the frontal zone and up the mountains The downpour started about 4pm. Obviously the flash-flooding led to damage, carrying trees and destroying small footbridges. Less than five kilometres away only 7 mm of rain fell. Remarkably, it was on average the driest May of the century over England and Wales.
The route to the caches is on good firm ground and they should be easy to find as they are close to paths and a tarmac road. To visit them all should take around 2 hours.
This is a small lock top box containing the usual goodies.
Two of the caches have the co-ords for a bonus cache. Walshaw Dean Walk.
Good luck.
Additional Hints
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