Brad'll - this is Brad'll! Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/12/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Ideal 'dash n cache'! Original cache replaced by magnetic nano (Logbook only) Please bring own pen.

New Bradwell, or 'Brad'll'' in North Bucks parlence, was one of two intermediate stations on the Newport Pagnell branch line. Bradwell station employed 1 man who acted as station master, porter and ticket clerk. During spare time he also delivered parcels up to a mile from the station! As well as having the only intermediate siding on the branch line, (Goodman's scrap yard), Bradwell possessed a water column which supplied the town with water. There was an alternative but very slow supply at Wolverton. Over the years Bradwell expanded, and houses were built at what became Top End which was on a higher level than the station and the rest of the village. When Nobby was taking water, the houses began to lose their supply. On Mondays, housewives had their weekly wash interrupted, and fists were often shaken at the engine crews. Soon instructions were given that no more water should be taken at Bradwell on Mondays; the slow supply at Wolverton had to be used instead. As more houses came, so there was an increased demand on the water supply at Bradwell and even more houses were deprived of water during the week. Soon orders went that no further water was to be taken at Bradwell and the column wheel was padlocked. Needless to say, someone found the key and water was taken discreetly from time to time. * * Courtesy of 'Country Railwaymen - A Notebook of Engine Driver's Tales', A. E. Grigg

Well Done and Congratulations to Tremar on First to Find

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Tngr cbfg

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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