HOW MANY FISH WILL YOU CATCH?
You are looking for a bright red bison tube, which only contains a log. You will need a pen, and possibly tweezers.
Although the title of this cache is 'Gone Fishing' it is not near the River Severn's banks.
The cache is on the Wysis Way, and Gloucestershire Way close to the A40. There is no dedicated parking in this area.
I walk this way regularly and most of the time it is a muggle free. However, when a Bore is due, the area becomes muggle city.
Times of the Severn Bore can be viewed at http://www.severn-bore.co.uk
OVER BRIDGE
Although there was a crossing at Over recorded in the Domesday Book, this famous bridge was built by Thomas Telford between 1825 and 1828, to carry traffic east-west. It was opened in 1830 and remained in use for traffic until 1974. Until the Severn Bridge built in the 1960s this was the lowest point downstream that the Severn could be crossed by road bridge.
Today it is a pedestrian-only bridge, in the care of English Heritage. Road traffic on the A40 crosses the Severn on a new bridge alongside and upstream of it.
Over Bridge can be seen on the train travelling from Gloucester on way to Lydney or Chepstow on the South Wales Railway.
There is an English Heritage information board very close to the cache.
SEVERN BORE
The Severn Bore is a tidal bore seen on the tidal reaches of the River Severn in England. It forms somewhat upstream of Sharpness and can be seen as far upstream as Maisemore and on particularly high tides has been known to reach Upper Lode Lock below Tewkesbury.
The Severn Estuary, which empties into the Bristol Channel, has the third largest tidal range in the world – about 13 metres (43 ft), exceeded only by the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia and Ungava Bay, Canada. During the highest tides rising water is funnelled up the estuary into a wave that travels upstream against the river current at a speed of 8 to 13 miles per hour. The largest bores occur in spring but smaller ones can be seen throughout the year. The Environment Agency publishes timetables and predictions of bore heights on its website. Being the onset of the flood tide it is accompanied by a rapid rise in water level which continues for about one and a half hours after the bore has passed.
The largest recorded bore was on 15 October 1966, when it reached a height of 9.2 feet (2.8 m).
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