AIRA FORCE
A
cache
by THE SMILEYS
Hidden:
7/21/2004
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain:
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Short steepish walk
There is free parking for access above the falls at N54 34.558 -
W002 56.004. The main force falls 70 feet from below a stone
footbridge. Aira Force provides a glimpse of a landscaped Victorian
park with dramatic waterfalls, arboretum and rocks scenery. In the
1780's the Howard family of Greystoke Castle had an old hunting
lodge or Pele tower close to the Ullswater shore renovated into
what is now Lyulph's Tower, set among its own sporting estate. They
landscaped the area around the force, and used it as a pleasure
garden, planting over half a million native and ornamental trees,
and established a network of tracks, footpaths and bridges. In 1846
the Howards created an arboretum below Aira Force, planting over
200 specimen conifers (firs, pines, spruces and cedars) from all
over the world, including a Sitka Spruce 118 feet high. After a
walk along this part of Ullswater, Wordsworth wrote the famous
'Daffodils'.Cache contains: Tattoo, reflectors, joke, clowns,
animal marker, mood head, tape, tweety pen, mini torch and green
neon eraser.
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Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)
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Ng gur onfr bs n snyyra gerr pbirerq jvgu n fgbar.
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 October 28 by jiffordlad (55 found)
our first night cache , not the best choice as we were on our way back to leeds after this one and got rather covered in cow poo ,,, wiffey all the way home lol tftc
[view this log] | October 28 by fly2live2fly (700 found)
Found after short walk from car parking area. Approach to cache very muddy due to activities of forestry people. Boots essential. TNLN. Went on to visit Falls which are spectacular at the moment.
TFTC
Barbara & Steve
[view this log] | October 27 by oceanblue07970 (655 found)
Mr Oceanblue had been despatched for this one whilst I, the kids and the dog waited on dry ground - spotted a group of people looking suspicious hanging around the gate at the bottom of the field, as they started to walk up the lady said she was letting her husband go geocaching on his own this time - nice to meet you all!
Mr Oceanblue returned with a seal geocoin and an embarrassed look as he had no pen to sign the log - MEN!
[view this log] | October 24 by Hound it out (46 found)
what a fantastic place. Found really easily by the two little hounds. Left manatee bug basking in the view of Ullswater.
Picked up First Flight bug.
[view this log] | October 4 by Cage's (366 found)
Super place to start our sightseeing in the Lake District, left JSF STOVL TB and took the Stonehenge geocoin.
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Current time: 11/22/2009 2:20:47 AM
Last Updated: 11/5/2009 1:25:16 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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