Bypass-Underpass Traditional Cache
Electric Warrior: Muggled, now area is too messed up for decent hide, and now very busy because of the farm shop and clay shooting.
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Bypass Underpass cache is in Mile Oak, the northern part of Portslade, which was originally an area of sheep down, corn and market gardens, with small groups of farm buildings. During the early 20th century, scattered suburban housing started to creep up the valley, along with a racehorse training ground and a firing range!
Major changes came in the 1960's when the local authority started the demolition of the old Copperas Gap dockside community at Portslade by Sea. People were rehoused in the only open area available, high in the South Downs beyond Portslade old village. This area was already seeing considerable development of private housing, much of it in the form of bungalows.
The construction of the Brighton by-pass in the late 1980's formed a physical barrier which effectively blocked off Mile Oak from access to the Downs, other than a footpath via a tunnel in Ridge Close, or a farm track close to Southwick Tunnel.
The cache is located besides a road and track that leads to Mile Oak Farm and eventually on to the South Downs and all the way up to Truleigh Hill. It is in very close proximity to the northern entrance of an underpass that carries the Brighton, Hove and Shoreham bypass just east of where the bypass cuts into Southwick Hill via a twin tunnel.
It consists of a small 450ml clip lock food box containing a log book, pencil and a couple of small swap items.
Due to the proximity of the road to the farm, with it's produce shop, and it's use by both horse riders, dog walkers and members of a shooting club, seekers should be alert for muggles and use a bit of stealth when retrieving the cache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Onfr bs vil pbirerq gerr.
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