Miles without stiles - Staveley Riverside Traditional Cache
theclarkes: This cache has been muggles countless times and another factor is that we are in the process of moving our family to the South of England and so future maintenance will not be possible. We hope all previous finders have enjoyed this cache.
Theclarkes
Miles without stiles - Staveley Riverside
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'Miles Without Stiles' is an initiative by the Lake District National Park. There are currently 41 routes in the series across the Park suitable for wheelchair users, families with pushchairs and visually impaired people. This walk is one of the newer ones opened in 2011. The cache is situated by the very impressive new bridge, over the River Kent, designed by local man - Chris Brammall.
The River Kent is one of England’s fastest flowing rivers and historically was essential to the success of local industry. There were once over 30 mills reliant on its waterpower. The mill on this site was constructed around 1825 by local businessman Thomas Taylor. He recognised that with the new canal to Kendal, there was a ready market for bobbins and reels for the Lancashire cotton mills, and plenty of local timber in Staveley to provide the raw materials.
There used to be a ‘Miles Without Stiles’ plaque situated on the Staveley side of the bridge with more information about this initiative, but it seems to have disappeared after the flood of the 5th Dec 2015. In keeping with the initiative theclarkes tried to find a nice wheelchair-accessible hiding place for a small cache, but with no luck. You can get a buggy or a wheelchair to within a couple of metres of the cache location. The original cache was placed in July 2007 but was muggled in March 2013. Having purchased some new neodymium it is up and running again and a new larger container left in Feb 2016! This is a popular spot so beware of muggles and replace carefully as found. Hope you enjoy the cache and the location. Staveley Mill Yard provides loads of free parking and, of course, Wilf’s café is a great location to start and finish the walk. (The Brewery is also popular!)
Whatever the weather you will find loads of muggles in the area. Please take care to be discrete when retrieving and re-hiding the cache. Please replace the cache exactly as found so that it is not in full view to passing inquisitive muggles. Also be careful not to drop it into the river!!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Zntargvp - haqre gur cngu sbex. Qba'g snyy va! [Please replace exactly as found]
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