From Lossie to Kinneddar Multi-Cache
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The cache involves a short circular walk around Lossiemouth, taking possibly just over an hour before returning to your car and taking a short drive to the cache. This cache is owned by outdoor learning and adventure charity, Outfit Moray. Visit www.outfitmoray.com for more information on our work locally with vulnerable or disadvantaged young people, to hire outdoor equipment such as canoes or bikes or to book an adventure fun day for up to 8 people!
This cache was donated to us in 2018 by CoxandClan and it's their wording in the description. This cache has been placed for our Chief’s birthday and is the starting point of his chosen travel bug: Dalek CoxandClan. This dalek is on a mission to travel through time and space, to caches past, present and future. It also has a Dalek Secret Mission: GB SVAQ NAQ RKGREZVANGR GUR QBPGBE! LOSSIEMOUTH Although there has been over a 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that eventually merged into one. From 1890 - 1975 it was known as Lossiemouth and Branderburgh. Stotfield, the first significant settlement (discounting Kinneddar which has now disappeared), lies to the north west of the town. Next is Seatown - a small area between the river and the canal consisting of 52 houses, 51 of which are historic fisher cottages. Lossiemouth's development has been ascribed to the need of Elgin for a new port after its original port of Spynie had been cut off from the sea by sand and shingle deposited by the River Lossie. The resulting Loch of Spynie, although noted for its beauty and its swans, was useless to shipping, and the Town Council of Elgin established a harbour at the mouth of the Lossie to handle the increasing trade. A new impetus was given by the rise of the herring fishing in the nineteenth century. The present harbour was built to accommodate the growing fleet, and a new town, Branderburgh, was laid out on the hilltop to the west by Colonel Brander of Pitgaveny, eventually growing to join the old fishing hamlet of Stotfield. This part of the town developed entirely as a result of the new harbour with its two basins and eventually covered the entire Coulard Hill and providing the town's impressive profile when viewed from a distance. A tragic part of Lossiemouth’s history was the Stotfield Disaster in 1806, when the village was left with only 17 widows, 47 orphaned children and two old men after three Skaffie boats, each with seven crew, was overcome by a violent storm with the loss of all lives. Fishing plays an important role in Lossie’s history and the first of the famous 'Zulu' class fishing boats, the Nonesuch, was designed and built by a Lossiemouth fisherman in 1879. After the First World War the first modern seine-net vessel was also designed in Lossiemouth. Lossiemouth’s most famous son has to be the first Labour Prime Minister, J Ramsay MacDonald who was born in a small two bedroom cottage in 1866. He was educated at a local board school in Drainie and read enthusiastically outside of school. For a time he became a pupil teacher at the school in which he had been a pupil. Ramsay MacDonald entered the world of politics in 1893, finally retiring after a long and distinguished record in 1937. He died later that year on 9th November 1937 whilst aboard a ship to America. In October 1966 a memorial was unvieled to commerate MacDonald's life. This is currently undergoing renovation work. Now a tourist destination and with a busy marina, Lossiemouth also has a military background with RAF Lossiemouth playing a major role in Lossiemouth’s economy. RAF Lossiemouth is now home to four GR4 Tornado squadrons, including the famous “Dambusters”; 617 Sqn, as well as a Sea King Search & Rescue Flight and an RAF Regiment Field Squadron. To find this cache you will need to collect information from the various waypoints and work out the final co-ordinates. Please be careful at the cache location and be aware of traffic. Use the pavement provided and take care crossing the road. Children and dogs should be kept well under control in this area! With thanks to the Moray Council for their permission to place the cache on their land. POINT 1 = ARRIVAL POINT - N57 43.008 W3 16.996 You can park here and leave your car if you wish to walk. The cache can be carried out by car, if you don't feel like walking, or if it is raining (yes apparently it does rain in Lossie!) POINT 2 = BIRTHPLACE - N57 42.984 W3 17.037 A famous Lossie Loon was born here, but what is the house number? A= What year did he achieve his claim to fame 19(BC) POINT 3 = FOODSTOP - N57 43.136 W3 16.991 This place changed its name! Answer is 9? D=9 POINT 4 = HISTORICAL MEMORIAL - N57 43.245 W3 16.817 What is the time span between the top two dates? E = What is the time span between bottom two dates? F= POINT 5 = INFORMATION BOARD - N57 43.288 W3 16.903 When was RAF Lossiemouth opened? 19(GH) What was the day of the disaster? (eg 12th) JK POINT 6 = MEMORIAL - N57 43.103 W3 17.249 What year did Ramsay MacDonald's mother die 19LM Ok, so now it is back to the car to work out the maths! Final Cache Co-ordinates: N57.CB.EKG W003.(D+H).(A+J+M)(F-A-L)G Happy hunting!
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