Troller's Treasure Traditional Cache
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Cache is located in open moorland, which is accessible from roadside parking. Terrain can be wet and/or boggy, and dependiing on your approach, could involve a rocky, dried up riverbed. due to location of cache, a degree of physical fitness is required.
This is our first cache, so hopefully everyone will enjoy finding it as much as we enjoyed stashing it!
There are 2 approaches (that I'm aware of, but possibly more), one is approx 1/2 mile walk to the cache, the other is a touch over a mile.
The 1/2 mile approach is an easier walk, but not as dramatic! Park at (or near) Parceval Hall, Skyreholme and follow the riverside footpath on the left just outside the entrance. GCKJFM gives a good description of this route!!
Alternatively, there is parking at N54.0551 W1.9054. Follow the road North East for 80 metres, then take the footpath on the right. Head down into the valley, cross the stream over the bridge, and then head down into Troller's Gill.
Cache contains notebook & pencil, a World Cup DVD, a Skateboarding DVD, a metal luggage tag, a werewolf glove, a foam bomb, a rubber ball & a geocaching badge.
I have a spoiler photo which I will hold back for now, depending on how people go on.
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Troller's Gill is a sinister little ravine at the head of Trollerdale near Skyreholme and the village of Appletreewick in the "Barden Triangle" area of the Yorkshire Dales.
Legend has it that this narrow limestone gorge is the haunt of the "Barquest" or "Barguest" - the terrifying spectral hound of Craven (which is said to have "eyes as big as saucers").
The nooks, caves and crannies of Troller's Gill are also said to be the home of Scandinavian trolls*, evil bloodsucking gnomes, flesh-eating boggarts, hideous gargoyle-like rock sprites, deranged goblins, predatory pixies and maliciously twisted imps - and perhaps even other sorts of similarly diabolical and fiendishly unpleasant beings lying in wait for the unsuspecting rambler...
[* = N.B. The trolls in particular are said to hurl rocks down on passers-by walking through the ravine. So watch out !]
Near the head of the gill there are a series of disused mine workings as well as natural caves and potholes - including the ominously named "Hell Hole" :-(
Being fairly off the beaten track this isolated ravine can often be unsually eiree and strangely quiet. Whether or not you believe in spectral hounds, nordic gremlins or indeed any of the other aforementioned horrors, an excursion to this often overlooked little corner of the Barden Triangle can be a chilling and oddly disturbing experience. Troller's Gill is not a place to be visited alone...
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