This cache is set a short walk from Gannochy Brig crossing the deep
sandstone gorge over the River North Esk. The Highland Boundary
Fault which runs from Stonehaven in the north to Bute in the South
runs close to here. The crazy slippage of rock strata associated
with the fault is evident even to the non geologist.
The Brig has an interesting history. In 1732 James Black, a
local farmer was known to be as superstitious as he was wealthy. In
his time there was no bridge hers and many lives had been lost
trying to cross the ravine.
His friends arranged that on three succesive nights he was visited
by a 'ghost' of one of the dead who begged him to build a bridge.
After the third such visit he could resist the pleas no longer. He
not only financed the construction of the original bridge but built
the parapet with his own hands.
If you are brave enough to lean over the edge of the bridge you
will see that it must have been no mean feat to construct a bridge
across these sandstone cliffs
Cache is a 470ml click box donated to us by the tablet fairy
whoever he or she is - thank you tablet fairy (unfortunately due to
groundspeaks rules and regulations we were unable to leave the
tablet in the cache but we can assure you it was delicious!)
