Put your head between your legs Traditional Geocache
Put your head between your legs
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The title for this cache refers to a piece of advice as to what to do in case of nuclear attack. The full quote is "Put your head between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye" Some people however would have been a bit more occupied should the worse happen during the cold war. The Royal Oberserver Corps had the job of reporting the intensity, direction and distance of the nuclear bursts. They carried this out from 1500 undergound bunkers, usually on high ground, scattered across the country. You are trying to find the site of The Bowes Park Post, and here you can find the remains of the entrance hatch and the various surface measuring devices safely fenced off from further investigation. 15 feet below there lies 2 small rooms containing, according to the Subterranea Britannica website which reported a visit in 1998: "A cupboard, shelf, rack of shelves, some BT equipment, papers, posters, utensils, maps and four pairs of Wellington boots." I wonder what the occupants would do after their 7 days of rations ran out? When originally hidden this site was heavily overgrown, but in the spring of 2010 it was cleared showing all the surface features. These comprise of the large padlocked entrance hatch with concrete steps leading up to it, a smaller air vent with louveres in the side (which also contained the retractable radio antenna), a small flat plate on a pole for indicating the direction and intensity of the bomb flashes and a single vertical pipe which had the area radiation meter on top to monitor fallout. There is an interesting description of the history of these structures (thanks to Tweetiepie for the link) here http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/Page221.htm Also some more background from the BBC here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-20070903 Hidden on the feast of St.Theodore of Pavia, with the blessing of Mark Everson the park manager.
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