A-road Anarchy - A4 Bath Road Charvil Traditional Cache
tez_i: Archiving it at its the 2nd time its gone missing so I think it is compromised.
Sorry folks - but thanks for playing.
A-road Anarchy - A4 Bath Road Charvil
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I saw this oddly placed layby on the westbound A4 and thought it would be an interesting place for an A-road Anarchy cache, ideal to break up a boring drive for commuters. The road is very busy, but the cache is in a safe spot where you could take kids if you felt it appropriate, terrain set to 1.5 due to the busy road. The verge is quite wide here, and you can take a peek at the Loddon whilst you're looking for the cache.
The A4 'Bath Road' is a very old route, dating back to Roman times. Originally it was a trade route to Bristol, but Queen Anne - Monarch from 1702-1707 - favoured Bath as a place to go, so the road then became known as the Bath Road. It extends, naturally, from London to Bath, and was originally privately owned in sections. Near to the site of the cache, within Charvil, was a toll house for the section here. Further evidence of its age can be found in the milestones which are dotted around the verges near here.
It was a popular coaching route, hence the many Inns still present along the stretch between Maidenhead and here. It was always a very busy stretch of road with around 90 coaches a day likely to ride through here in the 17th and 18th Centuries. The area was also notorious for highwaymen - although perhaps closer to Maidenhead - as the parts here, around Twyford and Charvil, were always more open agricultural land. Legend has it that Dick Turpin would ride around here, although it is unlikely that he actually "worked" along the A4 he may have frequented the drinking establishments. The less famous Captain James Hide was renowned for exploiting his reputation as "prince of thieves" around Maidenhead Thicket - were the A4 crosses the A404.
The route of the road has changed many times, and here, the New Bath Road was re-routed to bypass Twyford in 1929. Clearly this current road is actually a great deal more modern than that, and the route continues to evolve with the new bridge over the railway at Shepard's Hill opening in the last couple of years.
It goes without saying, but please ensure that the cache lid is closed properly and the cache is replaced carefully in its hiding place, away from any muggle eyes - it can drop out if you are not careful. The cache is big enough for a few small swaps and geocoins, and maybe a small TB
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