The posted co-ordinates will take you to Bedford Bridge car park
within the Dartmoor National Park. This is a popular site for
picnics by the River Walkham. In season there are toilet facilities
by the car park. Although this is a dog-friendly walking area,
owners are reminded to follow the park advice especially in lambing
season, and keep pets on leads when necessary.
Stage 1
Locate the information board and from the text contained, note
the year that Bedford Bridge was built ABCD, also if your
eyes can manage it count the number of trees on the map these will
give you EF (if your eyes aren’t so good get somebody to
help).When was Wheal Franco Mine abandoned GHJK and how many
people did it employ LMN
Stage 2 Micro
Proceed to the following location N50 30 BLN W004 06
(G+H)(B+L)C Here you will find that the path forks left and
right. The micro-cache containing the next instruction is at the
base of larger ivy and lichen covered oak tree approximately 25
paces SW of the path. The instructions will give you the
coordinates to locate a solid ‘construction’ within the woods.
Stage 3 Virtual
From the centre of the construction, walk approximately 20 paces
SW up the path, to the last ‘corner post’ holding up the fence.
Count the bolts still attached, this gives you P
Final Stage
Now go back over the ‘construction’ and follow the small path
westwards alongside the fence on the northerly side, to the point
where the path goes through the old fence line, DO NOT try to climb
down the bank before this point. Now follow your GPS to the cache
at… N50 30 J(F+P)N W004 07 (P-L)(E+P)(K-P)
The caches are the usual snap-lock containers in camo bags.
Although I had no problems with my GPS readings when setting this
cache, seasonal tree-cover may provide some signal problems. I have
therefore included some photo hints to help you on your way