Garswood Old Road 2 Traditional Cache
Carlos & The Birdie Crew: No longer actively caching and maintenance is difficult so opening the area for others to hide.
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No point changing Johns description but the hide has been tweaked and the clue reflects this.
I find the place a bit spooky and adventurous especially as you're only 50m from the path. Hence to reason to keep it in this almost tropical woodland [;)].
While on my way to GC1Z6DJ - Bogie in the Goyt, I spotted a good spot for a cache so came back a few weeks later having also found GC20Q7T - Crock Hey Cache and hid a traditional cache at the spot I had previously seen.
Then on the way back to the Cachemobile I saw another good spot but could only fit a micro in there.
Then continuing the walk a third location presented itself and a traditional cache fitted in there.
So there is the story behind three caches linking two I had enjoyed finding. If you start as I did at Crock Hey you will find them in the opposite order to their numbering - but so what, it can be a lovely walk. Or if you prefer you can start at Carr Mill.
I did wonder why the road was so well surfaced for what appears to be a simple farm track and which not longer completes its old route. Then I remembered that not so long ago the adjacent fields were open cast mined and this was the access road.
Please take care in replacing the cache as found with a bit of rotten wood or similar to cover the box.
There is an old mine shaft (see waypoints) not far from the cache and although it appears to have been filled it the fill has subsided a couple of meters and it would be as well to keep children (and yourself) away from it.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Cngu va naq orne evtug ng gur sbex. 20 Z cnfg fgrccvat bire gur ybtf ba evtug. Arfgrq ng tebhaq yriry haqre fgvpx b syntr.