Rhubarb Triangle #3 - Rhubarb Crumble Traditional Cache
Rhubarb Triangle #3 - Rhubarb Crumble
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Size: 
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Easy cache on a different approach road.
The village of Carlton is apparently the hub of Yorkshire Rhubarb growing, with suggestions recently that it change its name to Rhubarb. The capital city of the Rhubarb Triangle is Wakefield, where an annual rhubarb festival draws visitors from around the country.
Rhubarb was first grown in the area in the 1870s and at one stage there were more than 200 commercial operations,
which have now dwindled to a handful. The triangle offers ideal growing conditions, with a deep, cold and moist topsoil.
Formerly at least, a supply of shoddy from local woollen mills also made for ideal fertiliser and coal to heat the sheds and maintain a temperature of 50C. Growing a harvestable product takes up to three years, with the plant initially being grown outdoors and subjected to a specified number of frosts, before being taken into darkened, heated sheds to complete the process.
West Yorkshire once produced 90% of the world's winter forced rhubarb from the forcing sheds that were common across the fields in the area. "Forcing" means encouraging the plant to shoot early by raising the local temperature - hence the bucket.
Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb is the 41st British product to be added to the list of legally-protected names which includes Swaledale Cheese, West Country Farmhouse Cheddar and Cornish Sardines.
Protected designation means that all producers must not only be in the designated area, but will be extensively audited, ensuring, it must be hoped, that quality and traditional production methods are maintained. It makes one proud to be British.
Please note. This is on a busy road and junior cachers will require supervision. This is why we have set the difficulty rating a little higher.
To avoid the CCTV opposite the cache site I would suggest parking in the gateway at the other side of the motorway.
***There is no need to enter the gated area, the cache is easily reached from the verge***
Additional Hints
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