Push Bike Trail - Paperpost Traditional Cache
Magicalhunters: Well done to all who found it and to those who didn't I am sure you were very close. Unfortunately I am not in the area as much now to maintain my caches, so feel it is best to archive them now. Sad to let them go but it has been a lot of fun.
Push Bike Trail - Paperpost
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First of six in a short series (or last if you start in St Andrews!)along the cycle path from Guardbridge to St Andrews.
Suitable route for walkers and dogs.
Nice easy cache.
Small screw top cache. Should be easy to find. Opposite cache site is the former Guardbridge Paper Mill. Some info courtesy of Wikipedia below:
Guardbridge is a village in north-east Fife, Scotland.
It is approximately 3 miles (5 kilometres) north-west of St. Andrews, and is situated on the estuary of the River Eden. It stands at the junction of the A91 St. Andrews - Stirling road and the A919/A914 Leuchars - Tay Road Bridge road.
GuardbridgeThe village takes its name from a 15th century six-arched bridge built by Bishop Henry Wardlaw[2] who founded St. Andrews University. 'Gaire', although Anglicised as 'guard', actually means a triangular piece of ground in Scots and probably describes the course of the Eden where it is crossed by the bridge. (Alternatively, "Gare", the french word for "station" or the older latin version of "Statio" referred to the Statio located on the low escarpment on the rise to Seggie. The Statio was the last overnighting stop used by caravans of pilgrims on their way to the Holy City of St Andrews, which was one of the two most important sites of mediaeval pilgrimage in Europe.) - see following reference to this statio, but referred to using the word "Hostel" which isn't entiely accurate. Guardbridge was the site of the last hostel for pilgrims travelling to St. Andrews. From there, the Augustinians regulated the number of pilgrims visiting the cathedral.[3]
In 1852 the north-east Fife railway line was extended to St. Andrews, and a viaduct was built over the Eden. However after the line was dismantled as part of the Beeching cuts the viaduct was demolished, and all that can be seen now are the bridge piers in the river.
In 1873, William Haig and two of his sons formed the Guardbridge Paper Company to find a more profitable use for their Seggie whisky distillery which had been established there since 1810. The mill went into production in 1874. As the mill developed the village grew around it, with new housing and roads to attract and accommodate workers. Before the First World War the labour force reached over 400, reaching a peak of 620 in the late 1950s.
The paper mill was previously the main local industry and was operated by Curtis Fine Papers. On July 24, 2008, the mill went into receivership and 180 workers were made redundant.[4][5] Many locals were employed elsewhere in Fife, Dundee, Edinburgh or even further afield.
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