Cartland Bridge. Lanarkshire Bridges 1 Traditional Cache
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Cartland Bridge. Lanarkshire Bridges 1
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Located on a woodland walk near adjacent to the Cartland Bridge. Steep walk up to the cache site, followed by a cracking view.
Lots of interesting places are close-by in the town of Lanark... expect more caches in due course in Lanark too..
Cartland Bridge. Lanarkshire Bridges No. 1
The first in a series of caches at interesting bridges in the Lanarkshire area.
The bridge itself is close to the haunted Cartland Bridge Hotel, an interesting story is below regarding the Hotel.
Once a Georgian private house but now classified as a country house hotel, the Cartland Bridge lies within a stone's throw of the Cartland Crags which forms a mile long gorge along the Mousewater. In the twelfth century the town boasted of a castle built by David 1 but although nothing of this remains the town itself is still considered an important and attractive shopping venue. John Ferla of Glasgow told a colleague in January 1978 of the time when, within the last couple of years he was working at the Cartland Bridge and experienced a series of incidents which are, unfortunately, scorned by some who were not present. He was, he claims, a sceptic himself before he actually saw the phenomena in the building. A few days after starting work, he suddenly heard a scream coming from the hallway and ran out of the kitchen to find the cause. Floating down the stairway was the apparition of an old woman wearing a pale blue dress and what appeared to be a head veil. The figure was, `In no way transparent but looked completely solid`. The shrieks had come from the night porter and the chef. When they calmed down, John was able to establish that they had witnessed the same apparition as himself. What is extremely unusual about this case is that three witnesses saw an identical ghost at the same time, and that two of them were scared. Some three weeks later the same figure was seen in the private lounge by a number of guests. Because of this the manager called upon the services of a priests and two expert researchers to investigate the matter. It was claimed by the priest that the ghost of an unknown woman had been known to haunt the hotel for some time, but this was the first instance to his knowledge of it actually being seen. What the outcome of the investigation was is still unknown but it sounds as if the old lady, possibly a member of the Scott family, is still occupying her former home.
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