Dino Hill 2 Traditional Cache
Binxywinx: Just don't have the time to maintain the Dino's, it's a high maintenance series and find myself not able to cache much just now. Hopefully there will be a new and improved Dino set at some point but for now it's time to say goodbye.
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This is the second cache in the Dinosaur themed trail around a hill walk in Girvan
The first 5 in the series are along Dow Hill Walk at Girvan which is 3.5km - after Dino Hilll 5 you can 1) leave the main track and go along Dow Hill which links to the Dino Descent series and completes the circular route or 2) carry on up the track for more Dino capers and return to take up the Dow Hill path or continue on the longer (7km) Laggan walk.
The little energy that is expended in doing this local favourite brings a rich reward. En route a good track climbs over the Ayr to Stranraer railway line and goes past a deep ravine locally known as "Sundown Valley". At the head of the ravine is a delightful spot where two burns meet.The Dow Hill (Pronounced doo) at 518ft is the site of an ancient fort and a good viewpoint. From the top there are breathtaking views of the Byne Hill, Ailsa Craig, the Isle of Arran, the Firth of Clyde and the town of Girvan. The walk is completed by descending South West to the railway line and along the footpath adjacent to the main road.
Laggan Walk at Girvan 7km. The first part of the route follows the old right of way to Barr. Fine views are afforded of the Byne Hill and the pass over which runs the high road between the Carrick shore and the Assel and Stinchar Valleys. A mile further on is Laggan Loch an almost perfectly circular Loch Legend has it that the outline of a ploughman complete with yoke can he seen on the surface of the Loch. He was reputed to have been lost in mud at the bottom. Crossing the drystone dyke the route continues on the track before branching right over the whaleback summit of Laggan Hill. This is an area which is still predominantly farmed for hill cattle and sheep. The dominant feature is Ailsa Craig A volcanic plug thrusting over a thousand feet from the Firth of Clyde and silhouetted against the sky. The remains of a ruined castle can be seen on the island, which is now a bird sanctuary and is one of the largest colonies of gannets in the British Isles. To complete the walk back turn right at the A714 and follow the footpath back to the town.
Our Dino Hill Series consists of mostly micro and nano logs, in Dinosaur Themed containers. There should be no issue with the bison type micro cache's but the very small screw top nano cache's will definitely require tweezers or similar tool to extract the log. There are clip lock's along the trail at various points but not for swaps as they have themed activity for you to enjoy, log and replace so others may use them too.
Just for an extra bit of fun, we may have hidden a decoy or two around the co-ordinates of non clip lock box cache's in this series - don't worry though you will know when you have found the real one as it will have a log and the decoys don't. Happy Dino hunting on The Hill ;)
This cache is a little nano.
Congratulations to rose-&-thistle on being FTF
Additional Hints
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Treasures
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