Cumbria boasts almost 5,000 miles of rights of way: footpaths, bridleways and byways. Many of these are in the honey pots of the Lake District National Park and these tend to be well looked after and well used. Outside the LDNP, it is another story; some are clearly signposted others are not. Many are only used by those who live nearby. Geocaching is a great way to encourage people to use the lesser frequented routes and thus ensure they don’t “disappear”.
This series around Renwick uses a few of these routes. Many of the routes are lined with trees so placing the caches has given me the chance to improve my tree identification skills. The cache is near an elder but other trees I have identified nearby include:
Ash, rowan, sycamore, oak, beech, birch, larch, hawthorne.
For some reason, my gpsr jumps around a lot just here. So to narrow things down, the cache is at either the first or the last bush (depending on which direction you approach from)