GC1HGK0 Lady Bagots Drive (Traditional Cache) in North Wales, United Kingdom created by Team Marzipan

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Hidden : 10/24/2008

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Size: Size: small (small)

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The GPS signal can be poor due to tree cover, but hopefully you should be able to find the metal bridge which crosses the river. The cache is located on the bridge.

Lady Bagot's Drive

Twixt the small hamlet of Rhewl in the Vale of Clwyd, and village of Bontuchel, tucked into the folds of the Denbigh Moors, lies a gorge scoured by the tumbling Afon Clywedog. Alongside the river runs a footpath known to the chosen few as Lady Bagot's Drive. For generations this has inspired cyclists from as far away as Merseyside and Cheshire to include it in their route for the day.
The ' Drive' is of Edwardian provenance and was laid as a carriageway by Lord Bagot for his wife at the time Clocaenog Forest was planted. The timber stock became heavily depleted during the Second World War. Intensive replanting after the ending of hostilities returned it to the dense forest we know now. There is a large stone monument on a hill in the forest to the memory of Lord Bagot . Known as the Pennant Stone this also featured regularly on runs lists.
Some years ago a 'No Cycling' sign appeared at the Rhewl entrance to the Drive. This is of dubious legal status although it should be appreciated that whilst there is a pedestrian right of way along the entire length of the gorge, sections are in the private ownership of various parties.

It seems that little has changed in Lady Bagot's Drive since those days when daily life for the countryman and town dweller was so different. Today there is much pressure on secret places such as this. We can only hope that those who visit will appreciate it is a rich heritage indeed, and treat it, and those who live there, accordingly

*** Congratulations to lostnwet for being FTF on 14/11/08 ***