You will drive along a very straight road to get to this cache.
This follows the route of an old Roman Road, which passes Ardoch
Fort just outside Braco. As you can see from this road the Romans
built roads which followed straight lines. If they came to a hill
they just went straight up and over the top, not round the bottom
as we would now.The Roman roads were essential for the growth of
the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move armies and trade
goods and to communicate news. At its peak, the Roman road system
spanned 53,819 miles (85,004 km).
For military, commercial, and political reasons, the Romans
became adept at constructing roads, which they called viae. They
were always intended primarily as carriage roads, the means of
carrying material from one location to another. These long highways
were very important in maintaining both the stability and expansion
of the empire. The legions made good time on them, and some like
this one are still used millennia later.
We have included bicycles in the attributes for all the caches
on this road. The hill doesn't look much fun to cycle up, but we
saw several cyclists the day we hid the caches.
The cache is a small lock & lock box which contains a log
book and pencil, and has room for small swops, small TBs and
geocoins.
*Congratulations to Geoarab on being First to Find*
