CBN 024 - Two Tree Island Traditional Cache

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Erz-n-Myn: Thank you to all who enjoyed these walks.

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Hidden : 11/11/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Series


Placed with the kind permission of Essex Waterways. Please refer to the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation (GC37P3P) cache for more information on this walk along the canal.

Two Tree Island, 257 hectares (640 acres), lies north-east of Canvey Island and south-west of Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England. It is connected to the mainland at Leigh by a bridge.

The island was reclaimed from the Thames Estuary in the 18th century and used as pasture until 1910 when a sewage works was built on it. From 1936, the entire island was used as a landfill site; this was later reduced to a single small site on the island in 1974. The eastern half is now a nature reserve, run by Essex Wildlife Trust, and the western half a country park popular with birdwatchers. At the western end is a bird hide overlooking a scrape.

During the Second World War a V-2 rocket landed just outside the sea wall of Two Tree Island.

Recently a number of places have been put on the island, such as a jetty/boat storage area and car parks. A golf range and skatepark have been situated on the mainland, near to the bridge with the island.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs gerr gura pebff gur pnany ng ybpx.

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)


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