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on 9 April 2009 - see log - so if you have been here before, feel
free to find it again]
To find out more about Coal
Posts there's a good summary on the
City Of London website. For everything you ever wanted to
know on the subject, try Roger Howarth's comprehensive
site. If you are intrigued, there are also some more details -
including locations of other nearby coal-posts - on a note inside
the cache itself.
Back to the cache: The
co-ordinates given for Coal Post #97, which sits on the south bank
of the Thames opposite Sunbury. You'll know it when you see
it.
The cache itself is about 10
minutes walk from the post, along the beautiful River
Thames
The view across the river, not
far from the Cache.
So, once you've found Coal
Post 97 check the inscription on the front, it starts with two
numbers, A & B
Take A, multiply by 8 and add
6. This gives you a three digit number: XXX
Take B, multiply by 47. This gives you a three digit number:
YYY
The cache is about 1km away
from the post at
N 51 24.XXX
W 000 24.YYY
This isn't the only cache
based around a Coal Post - indeed this wasn't even my idea, and I
hope that
SteveB67 and theTwo
Victorian Gentleman don't mind me borrowing their idea,
and, along with
Merstham Mafia, extending their
excellent series
News: in 2007 this cache was
featured in the New Statesman New Media Awards Weblog :-)
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