This is one of a series of caches that will guide you around Banagher Forest. It will take you on a circular route passing by Altnaheglish Reservoir, Banagher Dam and passing through Banagher Glen and Banagher Forest.
I have listed as additional waypoints 3 car parking locations, west, east and south of Banagher Forest. There is a cache near each car park if you just want to dip your toe in before committing to the series.
From whatever car park you start from I suggest that this series is best done in an anti clockwise direction to get a better appreciation of the reservoir.
From PARK1 you should be aiming for Sure It’s A Dam Fine View to keep you on the preferred direction, from PARK2 aim for Dam Scary Rock Face and from PARK3 head for Dam, Can You A-ford It?, there are caches between these on the way.
Time to complete the series would range from about three hours by bike to double that by walking, add whatever time you would then spend processing the caches.
Wear good walking boots and appropriate clothing for the seasons. Bring along some refreshments. Mobile phone coverage is limited. There may be restrictions on access to parts of the forest from time to time to facilitate forest operations, if so please adhere to safety signage which will be posted for your safety.
For more information about the dam and the glen click this link to the first cache I placed in Banagher Forest GC3P83X
This Cache
Cushcapal Bridge!
This cache is a small tablock box inside a cammo bag. I have placed a cache here as it could be either a cache and dash (depending if the gate is locked or not.) or the start of the series for you.
Just downstream from this bridge the already merged Altnaheglish and Glenedra rivers, flowing beneath, merge with the Cushcapal River, they now flow on to become the Owenreagh River. The Owenreagh empties into the River Roe south west of Dungiven and finally the river water from the Roe empties into Lough Foyle north west of Limavady.
From above, this single span bridge is nothing spectacular, but if you take the wee path on the right on the upstream side and head down to the river's edge, you get a totally different atmosphere and aspect of the bridge, and how it was constructed to carry the road above.
Above And Below.