The cache is not at the published coordinates. These will take you to a Little Bridge. The cache is a very short walk away. All the information for working out the final coordinates can be found at the bridge:
The number of vertical posts on one side of the bridge = A
The total number of horizontal rails on the bridge = B
The number of miles in the Haydon Wick Round route, as advertised on the bollards = C.D
The cache is hiding at
N51 35.(C-D) B (A+D) W001 47.B (A-6) D
This is intended to be an easy multi-cache, with families and nature lovers in mind. Our Geokids love finding boxes of "Toys and Treasure", especially those surrounded by trees and places to play. At time of placing, the cache was full of new toys and trinkets. Please try to trade equal. There may be nettles in the summer months.
For nature lovers, a crayfish has been seen in the brook and there have been sightings of Green Woodpeckers, Red Kites, a Jay and a Little Egret in 2018. With noisy Geokids in tow we haven’t spotted any of those, but we have seen young foxes and all manner of mini beasts. This is also a fabulous area to pick wild blackberries in the autumn.
This cache has been placed with the kind permission of Haydon Wick Parish Council and Swindon Borough Council.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here:- https://littlebridgesseries.wordpress.com/ . If you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan on stanthews@aol.com and he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xxxx then the name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.