GC2ME3Q Y Felinheli - Lon Las Menai (Traditional Cache) in North Wales, United Kingdom created by jimbojimbob and Team OneWheel

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jimbojimbob: unable to maintain this one so have decided to archive to allow someone else to place some more caches in area

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A cache by jimbojimbob and Team OneWheel Message this owner

Hidden : 1/15/2011

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Geocache Description:

Lon Las Menai is part of a wider network of routes, which are paths by permission of Gwynedd Council. It is also part of the Lon Las Cymru Route 8 on the National Cycle Network. Lon Las Menai was built on the trackbed of the former Bangor - Caernarvon railway, which was closed in 1972.

Having lived in what was then Port Dinorwic for a few years, I have many happy memories of this area. It has changed slightly since I wandered the streets 40 odd years ago! My wife also has happy memories of here, as it is where she used to go sailing with her family. Hopefully this series will encourage you to wander through this delightful little village. Its 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. As you are in the area why don't you try to find the following:- Y Felinheli - The Shells
Y Felinheli - High and Dry
Y Felinheli - View of the Straights
Y Felinheli - can you smell the garlic
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

hc onax, va gerr.

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)