This was the third cache I visited today with sarahjones65 on our short walk around Worsley. We approached the location after walking across the boggy fields from the previous cache at Duke's Drive. Sarah did her swamp dance as she got sucked into the boggy ground and nearly fell over. Unfortunately I wasn't quick enough to catch it on camera.
We had notice the disused railway embankment along the edge of the fields and soon we could see a short tunnel / bridge which used to carry the railway line over a stream. At first we though the cache was around this area, but we soon realised that the railway line was above us, and so the old station must be there too.
We climbed up to the top of the embankment and could see the 'Sleeping Station', which must have been at least partially cleared and restored. Who'd have thought there'd be a station here? This caching lark is really opening our eyes to the landscape around us and the industrial landscape in particular. We've found several disused railway lines which have been turned into walkways recently.
Knowing roughly where GZ was we set about looking for it as soon as we found the station. Within a few minutes we'd found it (I let Sarah get this one!) and we took it to one side to avoid muggles whilst Sarah wrote in the logbook. We took a small football boot and left the red mouse we'd picked up on our first cache today. Then we had a quick look at the map to find out how best to get back to the car.
After replacing the cache we walked along the disused railway line towards a short tunnel which carried the main road over the line. After passing through the tunnel we scrambled up a bank and on to the main road. Then a short walk past Bridgewater School, formerly Drywood Hall according to the cache description, and happily back to the car having managed to turn our last two caches into a very pleasant circular route.
TFTC SL
We had notice the disused railway embankment along the edge of the fields and soon we could see a short tunnel / bridge which used to carry the railway line over a stream. At first we though the cache was around this area, but we soon realised that the railway line was above us, and so the old station must be there too.
We climbed up to the top of the embankment and could see the 'Sleeping Station', which must have been at least partially cleared and restored. Who'd have thought there'd be a station here? This caching lark is really opening our eyes to the landscape around us and the industrial landscape in particular. We've found several disused railway lines which have been turned into walkways recently.
Knowing roughly where GZ was we set about looking for it as soon as we found the station. Within a few minutes we'd found it (I let Sarah get this one!) and we took it to one side to avoid muggles whilst Sarah wrote in the logbook. We took a small football boot and left the red mouse we'd picked up on our first cache today. Then we had a quick look at the map to find out how best to get back to the car.
After replacing the cache we walked along the disused railway line towards a short tunnel which carried the main road over the line. After passing through the tunnel we scrambled up a bank and on to the main road. Then a short walk past Bridgewater School, formerly Drywood Hall according to the cache description, and happily back to the car having managed to turn our last two caches into a very pleasant circular route.
TFTC SL
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