Cateran Trail - Pondering Stone Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/12/2009
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

cache is a locking tab container

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Cache is located near the trail with a seat to ponder!
Walking the Cateran Trail (64 miles/103 km) A fully waymarked circular route beginning and ending in Blairgowrie.

Little more than an hour north of Edinburgh, it boasts some of the loveliest scenery in a corner of Perthshire that is relatively unknown to walkers.

Signposts, stiles and bridges marked with the Trail logo and direction arrows allow for easy route identification.

The Trail can be walked in one go - over 4 or 5 days - or in stages. It follows old drove roads, ancient tracks and minor roads and passes through farmland and forests.

Most of the Trail is suitable only for walkers due to the terrain, many deer fences and ladder stiles. You are requested not to take your dog(s) through fields where there are young animals.

The Cateran Trail is managed by Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust and would not exist without the permission and co-operation of owners whose land it crosses.

The Caterans The Caterans were marauding cattle thieves who flourished in the more lawless regions of the Highlands from the Middle Ages until the 17th century. More feared than wolves, cateran raiding parties numbered anything from 50 to 500 fierce warriors.

Favouring dark nights, and often remarkably well informed about their targets, they would descend on richer neighbours when they were off guard. Weddings and other festivities often provided an opportunity for a raid and many revellers would sober up to find their folds empty and their cattle gone.

The caterans raided far and wide but the rich farmlands of Glen Isla and Strathardle were particularly 'favoured'. By custom they would return by a different way from which they came, using ancient drove roads through remote glens.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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