THE CACHE
The cache is a micro bottle top container fixed to the bridge with magnets. It contains a log only(BYOP).
This bridge carries only foot traffic across the River Moyola. The two-storyed house, up-stream on the left bank, has had a few flooding incidents in recent years.
As you approach the bridge you will see signs for a Ford, ignore these as the Moyola is only fordable here at low water; a) if you are driving a good 4X4 or b) a tractor. This is because there is no concrete base to the ford, i.e. the river bed is what you would be driving on and it is rutted with large stones and gravel beds!
The first recorded date of a bridge at this site is 1830, made of a "plank of fir and iron rail" and was erected so that parishoners from Doon townland could go to Mass at Straw.
The current footbridge is made from box and angle iron frame with steel tread and wooden banisters. It rests on two concrete piers, which themselves have concrete aprons and are approached by sloped abutments.
The bridge itself is wheelchair friendly, although the cache location is not.
This used to be a very popular place for children to cool off at during the summer months, but due to changing times and modern distractions this era has sadly passed..
REMEMBER, DO NOT CROSS THE FORD UNLESS DRIVING A TRACTOR!!!
(DO NOT PARK BLOCKING ACCESS TO THE FORD, THERE IS SUITABLE PARKING AT EITHER END OF THE BRIDGE FOR AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE).