About SideTracked
We have Motorway Mayhem. We have A-Road Anarchy (cos there aren’t
many Motorways in Wales!). But what about public transport users?
SideTracked Caches are intended to provide quick Cache-and-dashes
at Train Stations.
It is hoped this idea will spread across the country in the same
way as the MMs….but if hiding one PLEASE BE SENSIBLE and remember
that in this day and age, public transport is under greater
scrutiny than ever before, so, although these caches should be
quick and easy grabs, PLEASE don’t place a Cache where it could
cause alarm!!!
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The Great Western Railway was first
opened to Oxford in 1844, but the passenger station moved to its
present site in 1852. Major subsequent changes were removal of the
last 7 ft 0¼ in (2140 mm) gauge tracks in 1872 and of the train
shed in 1890-1. The station was substantially rebuilt by the
Western Region of British Railways in 1971, and the new main
building and footbridge were added in 1990.
The station has been a busy one throughout its life. In addition to
the services seen today, there were others over the former branch
lines to Princes Risborough, Witney and Fairford, and Blenheim for
Woodstock. Through trains from the north to the Southern Railway
also typically changed locomotives at Oxford.
It was for a time known as Oxford General station to distinguish it
from the London and North Western Railway Oxford Rewley Road
station (terminus of the "Varsity Line" from Cambridge) which was
adjacent and came under joint management in 1933. This was closed
to passengers in 1951 and services transferred to the ex-G.W.R.
station.
Near the cache location you will see
standing proudly in front of the Said Business School, a bronze
sculpture of an ox by Olivia Musgrave. The sculpture was designed
to depict an ox crossing water to reflect the origin of the city's
name.
PLEASE NOTE:
This cache is a tiny Nano with no
room for a pen or pencil and only a small log book, please log
using your initials and date only
please.
As my employer has decided that it would be a good idea to
move the whole organisation to Bristol, the Phillimore's (Mad H@ter
and Muddy Legs) will be moving on to pastures new and some fresh
caches. Unfortunately this will mean that it will become difficult
for us to maintain our Oxfordshire caches, so we will therefore be
gradually archiving the majority of them. We shall start our
program of collecting the caches and archiving them in the new
year, but as we have one or two caches out there this will not be a
five minute program! If you would particularly like to find this
cache before it is archived please get in touch and we will try and
hold off archiving it.