Túnel de Descarga
da
Lagoa das
7 Cidades
Inside
the Sete Cidades there are two lagoas: Lagoa Azul
(blue lagoon) - the largest - and Lagoa Verde (green
lagoon).
Along
the Lagoa Azul you'll find the village of Sete Cidades.
Because
these lakes are situated inside a crater, all the water in the area
floods into the lake, which caused so frequent flooding of the
village that in the 1930's it was decided to dig a
tunnel to relieve the village from excess water.
The tunnel
has a length of 1200 m. and the water is chanelled through
it by means of a levada which leaves sufficient
walkingspace- also in height!
Luckyly the
constructors added a small sign on the wall every 10 meters
indicating the distance, which made it possible to hide a cache
inside the tunnel!
The path has
some wet places of (at our time in the end of August) 1-2 cm. water
=> no rubber boots or so necessary.
The tunnel is directed west towards Mosteiros on the
westcoast (please see aditional waypoint).
The Cache
The cache is hidden 595 m. from the Sete Cidades entrance and thus
605 m. from the Mosteiros entrance !
!! YOU WILL NEED A TORCH/FLASHLIGHT
!!
Please bring your own pen, too.
I want to thank
(RedRocks)
for allowing me to use the coordinates and text from the
original cache (now archived).
Please remember : "Cache in, Trash
out!"
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