This is a quick and easy 'cache&dash'. When you come off the
motorway at junction 19 take the A369 towards Bristol (signed to
Clifton). Take the first turning right towards Portbury village
(not Portbury dock which is the other side of the motorway) and
immediately left into the lay-by. Obviously if you are approaching
from Bristol you take the last left just before the motorway
roundabout. If the lay-by is full there is room for one car to park
50 metres further towards Portbury on the right.
You will find the cache between the two parking places. Looking
from the lay-by it is under the bent trunk of an ash tree in the
left hand verge well before you get to the first lamp standard.
Take care, this is a deceptively busy road in the day-time, but the
verge is quite wide here.
The following photographs show the tree (it is at the centre of
the longer range photo)
and the alternative parking.
You will find other competitors offer you bits of paper and
vague promises. I, on the other hand, have furnished the cache with
a supply of crystal spheres. Take one of these with you. Look into
it deeply and let it inspire you to a small positive act for
yourself and also for someone you love. If you can, share the
result with us in the computer log. You will
also find a clue to my 'difficult' cache in this competition
GC1WTNA 'A caravanning anecdote'. To avoid confusion I would
prefer no other swaps except trackables.
So - I add in competitive spirit and with tongue very much in
cheek - forget the dreary Services car park, bring your own coffee
and enjoy the 'countryside' while you log my cache.
I only knew about this competition one week before the
closing date so I hope you will bear with its clunky nature. I
acknowledge a debt to one or two other competitors whose ideas I
have adapted, I hope that, in the unusual conditions of this
competition - anything goes- they will not take offence.