Double Tunnel Trouble Multi-Cache
2 Grizzly Bears: Will re-enable cache once the work on upgrading the cycle path and opening the tunnels is complete
Cheers NikHB
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This is my first geocache and involves a walk along part of the disused railway line on the south side of Bath.
The walk is less than 2 miles and although is fairly level, there are a couple of narrow, steep and sometimes muddy paths which may not be suitable for pushchairs. The cache also starts off next to a busy road before finding the path. The cache is a small 1.5l Tupperware box.
The path runs along the route of the old Somerset and Dorset Railway Line than ran from Green Park station in Bath to Bournemouth. The line closed in 1966, but some of the line has been converted into a footpath running from Twerton through Oldfield Park to Bear Flat, and is known as the Linear Park. At Bear Flat, the railway went through the Devonshire Tunnel (447 yds long), then along Lyncombe Vale and into Combe Down Tunnel (1 mile long). Sadly, both of these tunnels are closed to the public, but the linear path does continue between the two. An organisation has been formed – The Two Tunnels Greenway which is campaigning to open these tunnels to the public, and to continue the linear path/cycleway all the way from Bath to join the Sustrans Path (NCN24) which exists at the other end of the Combe Down Tunnel. For more details see www.twotunnels.org.uk
**UPDATE** As of 12th Dec 07, Sustrans Connect2 of which the Two Tunnels Project is a part, won the People's Lottery £50M vote. This now means that opening up the tunnels is much more of a possibility. Also planning permission was recently granted for the project. Watch this space!!
There is parking on the main roads or side streets near the above coordinates.
At the above coodinates, what is the number of the valve station = abcde
Next, go to N51°22.152 W2°21.884 and once there, head downwards towards N51°22.a(b+e)(d-a) W002.21°797
At the entrance, look up. How many vertical bars are in the grate near the top = f
How many metal footholds are there on the nearby telegraph pole = g
How many horizontal bars are there at the top of this pole = h
Now head to N51°22.089 W002°21.cab
At this entrance, climb up the side to the top.
How many courses of red bricks are there at the BACK of the wall (above the stone) = i
You will now find the cache hidden at:
N51°22.f0 W002°21.h(i-g)9
But you may want to check your altitude.......
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Pyhr 1: Ner lbh ng oevqtr yriry?
Pyhr 2: Haqre gur vil arne gur fgvyr
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