A Letterbox Hybrid which is hidden about 100 yards away from the posted coordinates on the shores of Willow Springs Lake. In addition to the normal logbook and trade items, it also contains a letterbox stamp, inkpad, and stamp book. Please do not remove the stamp, ink pad, or stamp book. THEY ARE NOT TRADE ITEMS!.
Loch Ness is the largest by volume of the Scottish Lochs (lakes). Set in the northeastern end of Glen Mor (Grand valley), it is 23 miles long and 788 feet deep, with a watershed of 700 square miles, which includes the Oich, Enrick, and Ness rivers. Due to high peat content in the surrounding soil, it is very dark and murky. This, combined with the size and depth, makes finding the obscure Loch Ness Monster ("Nessie") a needle in a haystack.
The surrounding countryside is inexpressively beautiful.
The Calendonian Canal, build in the early 19th century, connects the eastern and western coasts of Scotland by a series of Lochs (Loch Dochfour, Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy) running from the North Atlantic to the North Sea. While no longer used for shipping, the Locks still remain at Fort William on the southwest end of Loch Ness.
To find this letterbox, either hike north from Highway 260, or sail/paddle/troll/swim south from the Willow Springs dock. From the posted coordinates, go 272 feet in a direction south-southwest at 236 degrees.
There is a letter hidden inside the cache in the logbook: make note of it for the upcoming Scottish Sorcerer.
This is a letterbox hybrid. In addition to the normal logbook and trade items, it also contains a letterbox stamp, inkpad, and stamp book. Please do not remove the stamp, ink pad, or stamp book. THEY ARE NOT TRADE ITEMS!
Source: https://www.britannica.com/place/Loch-Ness-lake-Scotland-United-Kingdom
A basic letterbox hybrid should consists of the following (this is my criteria not that of Groundspeak):
1. a stamp
2. a distinct pad of high quality art paper for collecting stamps, that is distinct from the log book, and is large enough to leave impressions from your own personal stamp.
3. An inkpad. Some geocachers omit this because it can dry out, but water can be added to the pad if needed.
A "true" letterbox would also have the following elements:
4. a hand carved stamp
5. require route finding addition to GPS coordinates: in other words the GPS leads you to the starting or intermediate point, but then a description is necessary to find the final container.
6. Be listed on letterboxing.org or similar listing.
This is a true letterbox hybrid, having all of the above components.