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TP6506 - Tolldown Resr
Logged Visits:
Located on the E side of a comms compound not shown on my OS 1:25k map. Good parking in a large car park close to the M4 Junct 18. Don't know where all the car owners were - not in the woods as with no foliage there was nowhere to hide without being seen! I walked along the track at the southern edge of the wood (acces to the comms tower) to avoid going through it, having read the comments below. Pillar has a small chip of concrete missing from one the the top corners otherwise is in good condition. Missing plug, the ivy is trying to establish itself, cleared some away. No views as located in woodland.
Visited while walking the Cotswold Way. No views at all and surrounded by scrub. Awkward location beside enclosure fence.
best to jump the gate that's in front of you as you turn in towards the car park off the A46, follow the track up to open ground and the pillar can be seen on the east side of the phone mast compound in the trees
Trig in woods next to small building Woods quite! but got some stares when we got back to carpark
Slight chipped on corner.
Took Mrs Dart More with me to make it clear why I wasn't there ! Needn't have worried though, Swampy Sean's cold weather theory held true and there were no other occupants in the wood. Grey and very cold day and trig appears rather forlorn. No centre cap but all other metal work present. Cotswold Way on way in and drive on other side of wood on way out.
Difficult to spot on E side of mast enclosure. At time of my visit there were 4 men wandering about in a suspicious manner but thankfully no problem as i minded my own business and they minded theirs. Not a plce to linger in and best to keep out of the woods once the trig is bagged.
OMG - I had read the other logs but to be honest was not convinced, I am now! - what a bizzare place - as previously stated I suggest you avoid going through the woods unless you are at the very least liberal minded, I still can not believe what i saw! - Anyway back to the pillar, located next to mast compound - good condition - no views (well not that i dare mention)
Had not read the previous logs so the state of the woodland came as some surprise to me. I soon realised what sort of place I was walking through and my leisurely stroll became a very brisk jog.
We went in the snow and this seemed to keep most of the young men out of the forest and they must have been doing their thing in warmer places!! Visit in the snow!
Go in the snow, it was -1.5. This seemed to keep people out of the wood and we didn't encounter many of problems previous visitors have had.
Well... this was interesting. We rarely log trig points but as we were doing the nearby geocache I said to MrB, "Let's just walk up the footpath and visit the trig, as it is so nearby..." If I had read the other logs beforehand we probably would have given this one a miss! I think everyone else has given the general picture of what this bit of woodland is used for, so there is no need for me to elaborate - I think it was one of those times when MrB was probably quite grateful to have me with him ;-)
To concur with others - unless you are broad minded don't come here. Skirt the edge of the woodland looking away on your way to the trig - and carry a map. Keep your camera hidden! I steered clear of the inner woodland due to warnings here, but still saw too much as I walked along the footpath! Do not walk here with children!!!! 206m Me
horrid squalid spot, do not go there alone
The pillar is sited between a stone wall and the fence of an aerial compound within a small strip of woodland next to the Cotswold Way. It has no plug or cap and has FB BsM 3218. There is no view from the pillar due to the woods. All that can be seen north of the woods is the hill rising the other side of the M4. The woods were littered by discarded rubbish, several loitering men and possibly the evidence of some of their past shenanigans; not a pleasant spot to bring the family.
Situated at end of track just outside mast compound and close to/in the wood. Views must have once been good as you can see area from way off coming east on M4. Reservoir is a little way off across field. BSM style FB, plug missing hole unfilled.
This place is full of gay men having or looking for sex. Don't go through the woods follow the path at the side until you reach the mast
surrounded by trees and masts and other equipment, no sightings of the map making kind will be seen here.
Walked up the track at the side of the wood and found the trig easily next to the phone mast, there were a couple of guys working in one of the cabins but they didn't see what I was up to.
Parked in the Picnic Area Car Park, which was surprisingly full. This is not a place for the faint hearted, don't think all these chaps were looking for flash sorry flush brackets!!
Judging by what i saw on the ground in the wood and the surprising amount of single men sat in cars at the parking spot this would appear a popular spot with a certain section of the populus!Quick in and out was in order ..er...or maybe not .....Located just outside small compound.(Just read mickandshane s log ,glad i am not the only one to notice !)
Cottaging central. Plug missing, no view to speak of
We parked at the carpark on the A46 which give access toi the Cotswold Way. The carpark and the adjoining bit of woodland seemed to be full of single blokes wandering about, or perhaps I'm just being homophobic. I tried not to bend down to read the FB no though! Plug missing.
everything already said
Thinking it to be in the reservoir complex, I spent a lot of time wandering around trying to find it. Wrong again! I eventually located it adjacent to the mobile phone mast on the edge of a woodland just off the Cotswold Way. The flush bracket is one of those with the S between the B and the M. The plug is missing, otherwise it's OK. No paint. All sightholes open. No views from here at all.
Trigpoint hidden in woods just off Cotswold Way. Top Bracket missing
vgc; no cap or plug; edge of wood just outside mast compound
Stopped on way home fm Mother-in-law's. Access "Strictly Private" but easy & next to Cotswold Way. Long view to West.
White pillar in long grass next to wood at Dodington Ash. |
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Trigpoint
Spider
Flush Bracket
Tolldown Resr
Tolldown Resr
MrsB with trig
29th Dec 2007 19:02 by 
boys on top
Pillar
Cap[missing]