A quiet road side cache in a lovely village. It is just around a corner, so keep an eye on little ones and geohounds. Not quite a drive by, but there is parking nearby and abundant parking around the village.
Can be combined with the other caches in the area.
Caldbeck is one of the most beautiful and peaceful of all the Lakeland villages, it lies at the foot of the Northern Fells and just inside the Lake District National Park. The timeless character of the village has been preserved as a conservation area where ponies, sheep, cattle and even ducks roam freely.
The village is named after the river (Cald Beck) on which it stands. This river and its tributaries provided the water for the important industrial development of the area in the 17th and 18th centuries - woollen mills, bobbin mills, corn mills, a paper mill and a brewery. The village still reflects this former industrial activity with many of the old mill buildings still in use.
Caldbeck has lots of amenities and picturesque local walks of all standards; from easy strolls along the river side or around the village pond, to the more strenuous nearby mountains of High Pike or Carrock Fell.
This Geocache was placed with the kind permission of the ‘Caldbeck and Hesket Newmarket Parish Council’. The container unscrews to open.
I am a massive rock music fan and aim to give clues to each of my caches with reference to one of my favourite bands: Rainbow are a British rock band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. They were originally established when Blackmore left Deep Purple, and have been active from 1975 to 1984, from 1993 to 1997, and from 2015 to the present. Over the years Rainbow have been through many line-up changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up. They were the band that headlined the first ‘Monsters of Rock’ festival in 1980.