Lutterworth - A Bridge Too Far ? Traditional Cache
Windy Corner: This cache has indeed gone, so I am archiving it
This is the second (or third) time it has gone and it also makes the location available for others
Rik aka Mr Windy Corner
Lutterworth - A Bridge Too Far ?
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A quick Cache & Dash, a short drive from the centre of Lutterworth
The view that you get from the Cache Location, is perhaps not the most prettiest in Leicestershire, but the M1 has brought a lot of prosperity and business to Lutterworth.
Anyway, the M1 opened on 2nd November 1959, the first section, between St Albans & Birmingham, was originally estimated to be carrying 13,000 vehicles per day. This was achieved with no speed limits, crash barriers, central reservation or motorway lighting !!
This section cost £16.5 Million, and took 5000 men, 19 months to build, which averages out at 1 mile every eight days !!
The current M1 is 187 miles long and cost £50 milllion to build. The current estimate of vehicle traffic is 88,000 vehicles per day.
This means that on average, one vehicle should be going under your feet every second of every day !
On to more mundane matters, the cache is a small tub, which should be a fairly easy find. Parking is adjacent to the cache location, and there is a layby, fairly close by, the road is quite wide at this point, so parking shouldn’t be a problem.
I don’t think that this is close enough to be called a Motorway Mayhem, but it is perhaps only 10 minutes drive away from Junction 20.
The cache does hold a very small pencil, but please take you own as well as a precaution. If the log sheet is getting full, please post a note so I can replace it.
PLEASE replace the cache as found, in the sheltered place to protect it from the elements
PLEASE NOTE : This cache is NOT on, or accessed from, the M1 !! Do not try and stop on the motorway.
Many thanks for attempting this cache, please have a go at our other caches which are all located around Lutterworth.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Qba'g yrg guvf or n oneevre gb lbh