Bolt out of the Blue Traditional Cache
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A cache placed on the St Philip's Greenway - a great path that runs from near Temple Meads to Avon Meads.
This is a cache placed to celebrate Bristol being declared a Cycling City; National Cycle Network Route 3 is often overlooked in favour of the much more publicised Bristol to Bath Railway path, however, I think that the Greenway, which forms part of Route 3, is just as nice, and a great place to go for a walk/cycle with the family. The path itself is mostly flat apart from a rise/steps at the end near Avon Meads (there is a ramp for bikes!), and the odd tree route making interesting hummocks in the tarmac!
Bristol City Council have produced a map of the cycle route, along with the Whitchurch Railway Path, also part of Route 3 and well worth a look, especially if you are on a bike. See this link for the map: (visit link)
If you want to know more about Route 3, or more about cycling in general, the best place to start is here:
(visit link)
Even if you are not in Bristol, Sustrans have lots of information about cycling all over the UK.
In addition, the route is on the River Avon Trail - if you follow this to the East you can get to some other caches in the area, such as Trooping by the chimney, which is just a short detour off, and also Hillside Hideout which is well worth a look. A map for the trail can be found here:
(visit link)
This cache can be done as a nice stroll from Temple Meads, or if you fancy a break from shopping at Avon Meads, you can pop along to the site too, it is not far and a lovely walk along the river. If you drive, here is the best place to park.
The space in the cache itself is less than a 35mm film canister and there is probably no room for any geocoins, let alone swaps. There is a little pencil in there for signing the log. As it is not the usual micro, I have upped the difficulty due to recent DNFs. Good luck!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Fgrc hc naq evfr nobir vg!