A brief visit here for Hill-man, he had thought to try this fishing lark, but one look at those waves on a rough day soon finished that scheme. A little patience would have been rewarded with success, there are lots of pots in Bay-ny-Carrickey, suggesting plenty of crabs or lobsters to be had. Back to the high country for Hill-man. Those who follow his travels will get about a bit.
The name Poyll Vaaish is generally translated from the Manx Gaelic as Death Pool, but is not known now what was the origin of the name. A theory heard from the Gawne family of Pooilvaaish farm is that it describes a pool in the area where nothing grows, neither seaweed nor marine animals of any sort. Another idea is that a ship or ships have been wrecked here with loss of life. This seems hard to believe sitting here on a fine summer evening at high tide, but come back when a force 8 or 9 gale is blowing from the south or southwest and watch the waves breaking on the rocks at halftide. You soon realise this would be a grim place to come ashore, especially in the dark of a winter night.
Hill-man is intrigued as to how the pool in the photo was formed, his notion is ancient volcanic activity, related to the Stack at Scarlett and the so-called black marble found locally. His belief is that the marble is in fact limestone 'cooked' by vulcanism, like the black swiddlestone commonly found round this area. Information from those with geological expertise would be much appreciated.
Another good place for ornithologists, geologists and those who just like to watch the sea and boats, particularly on a fine evening. Sit/walk quietly and rabbits may be observed playing on and around the grassy areas en-route to the cache.
The best approach is to park at the west end of Fisher's Hill, room for two or three cars in the area on the sea side of the road. More parking is available 100 yards west, on the landward side of the road, do not block the field entrance. Take care when crossing this busy road.
Parking can be found nearer the cache site, but it's a single track road and the stroll is pleasant. More caches are in the general area, a circular walk can be devised to include them, and then there's always the Scarlett loop!
The actual cache is a nano-container, holding a log-sheet only, bring a pencil and possibly tweezers to extract the log.