GC2B7AG Y Felinheli - High and Dry (Traditional Cache) in North Wales, United Kingdom created by Team OneWheel

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Graculus: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Chris
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GC2B7AG ▼

A cache by Team OneWheel Message this owner

Hidden : 7/4/2010

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

As we both have happy memories of what was then Port Dinorwic - Jim having lived there for a few years and myself having spent many an happy hour sailing on the Straights or hanging around the sailing club, when our daughter moved to the area we decided the time was right to put some caches here.

Hopefully this series will encourage you to wander through this delightful little village. And this cache will take you close to the sailing club where I spent many a happy weekend.

The name 'Y Felinheli' name comes from y (the), melin (mill) and heli (brine/salt-water/sea). (An alternative view is that Y Felinheli comes from Y Felinheulyn, Mill on the river Heulyn, which runs into the village.)
There are several mills in the local area dependent on the tidal power of the Menai Strait. During the late 18th century the Dinorwig quarries built an extensive Harbour for the export of slate, which was transported to the quay on the purpose-built Dinorwic Railway narrow gauge railway later replaced by the Padarn Railway. It was this industrial expansion which gave Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternative name of Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic. The demise of the slate industry and the development of the Harbour for recreational sailing have recently contributed to the replacement of the name 'Port Dinorwic' in English with 'Y Felinheli', bringing English usage in line with Welsh.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nf nybat gur ebnq lbh fgebyy lbh'yy frr n gryrtencu cbyr

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)