Train to Glasgow in the D2D Country Park Traditional Cache
Train to Glasgow in the D2D Country Park
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Another cache in the D2D park. Only safely approached from the Waulkmill side (please don't cross the railway). Suggest you bring appropriate footwear (see below) and a pen will be needed to sign the log.
We've tried all sorts. Dams to Darnley Country Park is a developing Country park which is an excellent area for walking and wildlife. However, as soon as you get away from the main paths it can be MUDDY. Despite clearly marking the cache listings as requiring boots and giving accurate terrain ratings, people still grumble. The answer, of course, is to visit the park in the summer, when the rain isn't going sideways, rather than in the middle of winter as part of a (why on earth would you?) streak......
. Anyway, safe to say.....this one needs WELLIES.
This cache can be approached from three directions, all of which can be muddy. We have provided waypoints
1. From the West (potentially from Aurs Road) under the viaduct. There is a clear path marked on OpenStreetMap, but will it be that clear when the jaggies are in full force?
2. From the STQ East Ren cache. Again, there is a supposed path on OSM, but good luck finding it. You'll need to cross two fences, so be careful.
3. From the wee farm track that runs parallel to the M77 past Glasgow's Red Letter Day and Gateway in the D2D Country Park. One fence to climb this way.
The Train To Glasgow:
Here is the driver,
Mr. MacIver,
Who drove the train to Glasgow.
Here is the guard from Donibristle
Who waved his flag and blew his whistle
To tell the driver, Mr. MacIver,
To start the train to Glasgow.
Here is a boy called Donald MacBrain
Who came to the station to catch the train
But saw the guard from Donibristle
Wave his flag and blow his whistle
To tell the driver, Mr. MacIver,
To start the train to Glasgow.
Here is the guard, a kindly man
Who, at the last moment, hauled into the van
That fortunate boy called Donald MacBrain
Who came to the station to catch the train
But saw the guard from Donibristle
Wave his flag and blow his whistle
To tell the driver, Mr. MacIver,
To start the train to Glasgow.
Here are hens and here are cocks,
Clucking and crowing inside a box,
In charge of the guard, that kindly man
Who, at the last moment, hauled into the van
That fortunate boy called Donald MacBrain
Who came to the station to catch the train
But saw the guard from Donibristle
Wave his flag and blow his whistle
To tell the driver, Mr. MacIver,
To start the train to Glasgow.
Here is the train. It gave a jolt
Which loosened a catch and loosened a bolt,
And let out the hens and let out the cocks,
Clucking and crowing inside a box,
In charge of the guard, that kindly man
Who, at the last moment, hauled into the van
That fortunate boy called Donald MacBrain
Who came to the station to catch the train
But saw the guard from Donibristle
Wave his flag and blow his whistle
To tell the driver, Mr. MacIver,
To start the train to Glasgow.
The guard chased a hen and, missing it, fell
The hens were all squawking. the cocks were as well,
And unless you were there you haven't a notion
The flurry, the fuss, the noise and commotion
Caused by the train which gave a jolt
And loosened a catch and loosened a bolt,
And let out the hens and let out the cocks,
Clucking and crowing inside a box,
In charge of the guard, that kindly man
Who, at the last moment, hauled into the van
That fortunate boy called Donald MacBrain
Who came to the station to catch the train
But saw the guard from Donibristle
Wave his flag and blow his whistle
To tell the driver, Mr. MacIver,
To start the train to Glasgow.
Now Donald was quick and Donald was neat
And Donald was nimble on his feet.
He caught the hens and he caught the cocks
And he put them back in thier great big box.
The guard was pleased as pleased could be
And invited Donald to come to tea
At Saturday, at Donibristle.
And let him blow his lovely whistle,
And said in all his life he'd never
Seen a boy so quick and clever,
And so did the driver, Mr. MacIver,
Who drove the train to Glasgow.
-Wilma Horsburgh
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(Decrypt)
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