Having done several of the 'Old A30 Revisited' series of caches,
I thought I would place some on bypassed sections of the other
major route into Cornwall - the A38.
The A38 is formally known as the Exeter to Leeds trunk road,
although it actually runs from Bodmin in Cornwall (where it joins
the A30) to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, a distance of 292 miles
(470 kilometres).
The new Dobwalls bypass, west of Liskeard, was opened in late
Autumn 2008. The traffic levels experienced on the A38 through
Dobwalls caused major congestion that was not only inconvenient but
had a serious adverse effect on the village environment, especially
during the summer months. In addition to the congestion and
environmental effects, this section of the A38 had an accident rate
that was above the national average for this type of road.
The bypass of Dobwalls will reduce traffic through the village
by about 90%. The village was also split in two by the A38, and the
residents had been promised their bypass for many years, and this
has finally come to fruition.
The unusual structure lower down the hill from the cache site is
a 'Bat Bridge'. Nothing to do with the Batmobile, these structures
follow the lines of the hedgerows that use to be in place here
before the bypass was built, and that the local bat population used
to navigate by. There is currently a 5 year experiment running to
find out if the 'Bat Bridges' are helping to keep the bats away
from the traffic.
The cache is NOT accessible from the A38
Dobwalls bypass.
Only room for small swaps/TBs.