Intro
On a holiday trip in January 2010 we placed three caches in the Scottish Borders at some nice locations. This is the second one: a steep walk to Loch Skeen (up & down: 2 miles). On your way you will see the waterfall Grey Mare’s Tail. Parking is provided at a cost of £ 3,- (not in Winter). You'll find a small cache with some goodies inside. There is space for small trackable items.
Grey Mare’s Tail
Grey Mare's Tail is a 60-metre (200ft) hanging valley waterfall near to Moffat in southern Scotland. The fall is produced by the Tail Burn flowing from Loch Skeen cascading into the Moffat Water in the lower valley below. The surrounding area forms the Grey Mare's Tail Nature Reserve. It is one of the more popular walks in the area. This is due to a footpath from the valley floor up to Loch Skeen. (source: wikipedia.org).
Cache
Park at the parking area near N 55.25.080 W003.17.205. Walk for about 30 - 50 meters in northwestern direction towards the beginning of the footpath. At this point you need to search for a little red sign on the ground. How many warning points (dots) are summed up on this sign? This is A = …
Now you can find the cache at: N 55.25.(A+5)55 W003.18.(A+1)02. You need to use the foothpath on the right mountainside, when you’re facing the cleft / waterfall.
Good luck and enjoy!
Greets The Bennies from Holland
Small note on cache maintenance:
The cache was left on holidays. It's a small pot and only extra paper is needed (I provided paper for several years, I guess). A local cacher kindly assisted to help with maintenance on this cache. Thanks a lot!