Beer Trail 2019:
Opens Saturday 21st December, closes end of January 2020. Usual format – go to the first checkpoint (see below) where you’ll find a stake with the next grid reference. Carry on until you get to the beer & chocolate. There's a visitor book in the cache to sign and comment when you have found it.

SAFETY:
Leave plenty of daylight and carry a decent torch. Both courses go into the Loweswater Fells so go equipped for a mountain journey.
WE DON’T KNOW YOU’RE OUT THERE - YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY

Maps:

This year’s Beer Trail uses some features which only appear on the orienteering map prepared by Pete Nelson. The grid references will work on a OS/Harveys map, but some of the features are not on the map (they’re obviously there on the ground though!). Please download  the O map from the website and print, or pick up a copy (printed on waterproof orienteering paper) from the Rennies at any of the festive events, or from their house on Kirkgate. (Paper copies will be available from Monday). There’s also a special present under the Christmas tree half way round the course.

Download Beer Trail maps here: North Sheet and South Sheet

First controls:
Long Course (15km) control 1: Tarn Outflow NY 124 199
Short Course (10km) control 1: Wall NY 113 209
Please leave the stash as you find it and take away litter. If the goodies are running low, let us know. 

Note: please don’t give the game away by putting the whole of your route on Strava or similar. The location of the cache is a secret until you’ve put the effort in.

Thanks, Jamie