Reservoir Sheep Traditional Cache
The Blorenges: Came this way to collect our cache for archiving. The box has lasted very well over (nearly) four years and the conditions today were similar to when we placed the cache in February '06 - Chilly but with periods of sun breaking through the clouds and wet and muddy underfoot. The reservoir sheep still look happy (well... as happy as sheep ever do) and the trees are mossy and bent around the old stone walls and ruins. We dipped a newly activated Robert Burns geocoin through the cache so that it can start its travels for an American geocacher and also the Scottish thistle coin. This is a pretty valley and there are more cachers around than there were 4 years ago so I'm hopeful that someone more local will place a new cache in this area soon. Thanks to all the past visitors.
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The Welsh valleys are known for their industrial heritage. When
coal was king, Cwmtillery was at the heart of the industry. Today,
Cwmtillery colliery has gone, sheep have returned to the pastures
and the reservoir serving the colliery provides a pleasant walk
through history.
Park at N 51° 44.930 W 003° 08.018 by the lake. Please note that
although you can drive up the road towards the reservoir there is
no parking there. Walk up Cwm Tyleri either alongside the lake or
the road with the bulk of Mynydd James to your left and Coity
mountain to the right. The footpath is quite easy but does get very
muddy in the wet and is not suitable for buggies. When you find the
cache you can continue on the footpath to do a circular walk along
the side of Mynydd James back to the car park. Cwmtillery has an
excellent community website with detailed history of the area, the
colliery and the people. The cache itself is a small plastic
container which originally contained a Geocaching ‘sew on’ patch,
Geocaching badge, fridge magnet, cup hooks, whistle and a pack of
playing cards. This cache is the first within the County Borough of
Blaenau Gwent, previously a cache wasteland!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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