Branchage is a twice yearly operation to cut back vegetation to stop it encroaching from hedgerows and banks onto roads, keeping access clear and making junctions safer due to users having a clear view of the road. Modern methods of "branchage" using strimmers and flails are quicker than the traditional methods of cutting back foliage with sickles, but are often less tidy, and can be over-excessive. There is a balance to strike between an effective means of keeping the highways clear, and allowing the wild flowers to flourish, as is encouraged by the Nation Trust for Jersey.
Twice a year there is the "Visite du Branchage " when parish officials inspect the roads to ensure that the landowners are keeping the highways clear, and any offenders can be fined for not doing so.
4 April 2014 - the cache has been replaced. The new container is still a "small", and will take coins and small TBs. Please rehide well to avoid this one going missing. Thank you.
There is a suitable parking location very close by, but the cache is also close to the footpath from St Brelades Bay to Beauport, so the walkers amongst you can expect a higher terrain rating.
