LIFE'S A BEACH #27 - WEST BAY
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If you would like to add more caches to this series, please feel free to do so!
Please contact heartradio through his profile first so that he can keep track of numbers and avoid duplications - the caches can be any type except Traditionals
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The 27th cache and first Wherigo in my Life's a Beach series. West Bay is one of my favourite beaches, so I decided to expand the series to here.
To find the cache you'll need to complete the Wherigo cartridge, which can be downloaded here. It will probably take you around 1.5 - 2 hours and you'll walk 2 miles in total. Along the way there will be questions to answer and information about the places you visit, which hopefully will be of some interest.
I tested the cartridge on my iPad and it worked fine, however due to the cartridge having images and me not having a Wherigo compatible GPSr, I cannot be sure it will work properly on a GPS.
Unactivated trackable for FTF and certificates for first, second and third to find
IMPORTANT: On the walk there are a couple of steep climbs and you'll be on clifftops, which is why the terrain rating is high. Please take as much time as you need, take deep breaths as you go up and take care not to fall over the edge, which you do not need to go too close to to do the cartridge - certainly no closer than the coast path goes.
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The busy harbour at West Bay is not a natural landscape feature and it has a long history of having been silted up, blocked by shingle and damaged by storms, and each time repairs, improvements and enlargements have subsequently been made. The harbour has been moved twice: it was originally 1 mile (1.6 km) inland, then was moved to the coast beside the East Cliff, then was moved again 270 metres (300 yd) along the coast to the west, where it is located today.
The previous main commercial trade of the harbour—exporting Bridport's ropes and nets—declined in the second half of the 19th century. When the railway arrived in 1884, attempts were made to provide the settlement with the facilities of a resort, and today West Bay has a mixed economy of tourism and fishing.
At the start of the 21st century, as part of a new coastal defence scheme, the harbour's west pier was replaced and the east pier rebuilt; the work was completed in March 2005. The new west pier is named the Jurassic Pier. The scheme extended the facilities of the harbour, with a new slipway and outer harbour. This has enabled the harbour to be used on the 50% of days when southerly swell conditions occur, which previously was not possible.
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