Harbour Stroll Multi-Cache
The Flying Boots: I just don't have the time or inclination to keep this maintained sadly. Archiving will free up the space so maybe someone else can set a cache here 😁
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The walk from car to cache and back is approximately 0.75 of a mile in length and is flat easy walking apart from one flight of steps.
Lydney harbour, on the banks of the River Severn is a rare example of an unspolit 19th century harbour, built for sailing ships. It offers an attractive combination of industrial archaeology, excellent views and verdant wildlife.
Lydney itself is a small town on the edge of the Forest of Dean. There has been a port here since Roman times, to ship out the iron ore and coal for which the Forest is famous. Until Elizabethan times, there was even a substantial ship-building industry here.
Industrialisation in the 19th century gave fresh impetus to Lydney, however, and a new port was developed where the Lyd flows into the Severn. Accessed by tramway and a canal, this flourished in the early 1800's and the current harbour complex was built, as the highest point where sea-going ships could travel up the River Severn. A unique feature of the Severn is its extreme tidal range, of up to 15m (the second highest in the world). The lock gates are therefore suitably impressive in height.
The last commercial traffic finished in the 1970's, but the harbour was saved by its designation in 1980 as a Scheduled Ancient Monument: as the last improvements were made in 1875, it is unique as a sailing harbour to remain in essentially its original condition. The harbour was fully restored in 2003-05.
Park at N51 42.572 W002 30.718 cross the canal bridge and make your way to the cache co-ordinates which will bring you to waypoint 01 and follow through all 5 waypoints substituting the letters for numbers in the questions at each stage.
Waypoint 01 - N51 42.538 W002 30.751
Lydney Park Roman Temple is on a compass bearing of AB0 degrees from this spot.
Waypoint 02 - N51 42.536 W002 30.683
Oldbury Power station is on a compass bearing of CD1 degrees from this spot.
Waypoint 03 - N51 42.564 W002 30.586
Berkeley Pill is on a compass bearing of 1EF degrees from this spot.
Waypoint 04 - N51 42.607 W002 30.421
The Upper Basin of the harbour, plus the canal and the Lower Dock with a lock which gives access to the Severn were opened in early 181G
Waypoint 05 - N51 42.629 W002 30.360
The Severn and Wye Valley Railway Bridge was struck and partially destroyed during the night of HIth October 1960 by two John Harker tankers.
The cache can now be found at N51 42.(B-A)(C+D)(F-E) W002 30.GHI
The best way to get to the cache is via the footpath up the steps at N51 42.639 W002 30.430
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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