Brindley’s Bends – Brinklow Bends #2 Traditional Cache
Slow_Gin: Cache is missing. Hiding place slightly changed so will archive this one.
Brindley’s Bends – Brinklow Bends #2
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A micro located in the village of Brinklow. Bring y9our own pen. Beware of muggles, stealth needed.
The Oxford Canal, designed by James Brindley and built during the period 1774 to 1790, was one of the earliest canals in England. Built as a contour canal, it slavishly followed a level line and followed a tortuous route from Coventry to Oxford. In the 1830’s, taking advantage of developments in civil engineering, its line was shortened by some 20 miles, and reduce the time it took for boats to travel from the collieries of the Midlands to London.
This series of caches are placed along parts of the now defunct original Oxford Canal line.
Heading south after leaving the vicinity of Stretton Wharf, the line crossed Brinklow arches and then avoided a steep cutting by turning south west to cross the top of Brinklow village just north of the Norman earthwork of Brinklow castle site. The line then wound around the west of the village before crossing Broad Street towards Cathiron Lane and All Oaks Wood. It was said that boatmen could hear the bells of Brinklow church both in the morning and afternoon!
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