Wheaten’s Ratty Trail - part 1 Traditional Cache
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Wheaten’s Ratty Trail - part 1
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A circular walk of 8 caches, about 1.5 miles in length around the outskirts of Dorchester inspired by Ratty’s Trail. We hope you enjoy it.
This is another of our regular walks, it is based on Ratty’s trail which was established by Dorset County Council in 2005. The trail takes you around some diverse landscapes that support a wide range of wildlife, but unfortunately you are unlikely to see water voles ‘Ratty’, which due to changes in grazing and predators like the American mink are rarely if ever seen along the bank of the river Frome now.
There is a superb leaflet published by Dorset Countryside, which although it does not follow the exact
same route as this ‘cache trail’ has some great illustrations and supporting information. It can be downloaded from www.dorsetforyou.com/media.jsp?mediaid=91821&filetype=pdf
Another on-line source of additional information is a bird watching leaflet written by Derek Moody, this can be found at www.casterbridgehotel.co.uk/images/walk/loop/dorloop.pdf
Some cache containers may not be suitable suitable for those who suffer from musophobia.!
Part 1
The best parking can be found at N50 42.865 W002 25.564 at the time of publication parking here was free all day. Walk north towards Greys bridge, take a moment to read the admonition on the cast iron plate before you cross the busy main road and walk along the Frome to the first cache location. You are looking for a ‘tube’ cache about 100 mm long.
Additional Hints
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