Scaffolding at Gorple Traditional Cache
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Third of 3 caches hidden around Widdop/Gorple reservoir as part of Watershed Landscape project to help protect, conserve and enhance access to the South Pennine uplands www.watershedlandscape.co.uk. Cache close to main path. Main path is clear but the terrain is steep / rocky in parts, suitable for mountain bikes and walkers. Look for large rock formation on right near signpost. Nearest car park: Halifax road.
The cache is a small plastic box containing information about the project, a log book, pen/pencil and a stash of small poetry art cards (the size of business cards) for finders to take. In each cache the finder will discover a card with a piece of mini art (staged in this area) and the verse of a poem by artist Sally Barker and poet Andrew McMillan who have both been inspired by the moorlands around the area. Whilst discovering the landscape, finders can collect the poetry art cards to build a full poem. We would love finders to take a card and leave their own line of poetry in the log book - hopefully inspired by the amazing landscape nearby!
Look out for the rock formation on the right of the path as you come to the path crossroads and sign post.
The Watershed Landscape is the upland area of the South Pennines where our essential drinking water falls as rainwater and is channelled into reservoirs that riddle the moorland; providing water for us all.
More than a million people live in or around the South Pennine uplands yet they can still feel remote, wild and exhilarating. A place for reflection, relaxation and inspiration. They have already inspired artists and writers over generations from the Brontës to Ted Hughes; from Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth to Joseph Pighills, and continue the tradition today.
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Gnxr gur Craavar Oevqyrjnl gb 1975!
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