Much Hoole Ramble #4 Traditional Cache

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DP13: I was fairly sure this one would be here, as it's had DNFs before with people complaining about the nettles, but I've just moved them away and found it quickly. However, I had a good search today and I think it's been taken. It was a bison hanging from the bottom wire, so wouldn't have just blown away as it was on a keyring. Ah well.

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Hidden : 10/13/2012
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache contains some information to help you find the final in the series.  Please bring your own pen.

This should be an easy find.  You are about half way around the circuit and as you walk along the bank and look to the left you should be able to see the church.  The River Douglas you are walking alongside (there is another with the same name in the Isle of Man!) is popular with small boat users but there was once a plan for it to be used by small ships:
"The River Douglas, also known as the River Asland or Astland,[1] is a river that flows through Lancashire and Greater Manchester in the north-west of England. It is a tributary of the River Ribble and has itself two tributaries, the River Tawd and the River Yarrow.

In 1720 an act of Parliament was passed allowing Thomas Steers and William Squire to make the Douglas navigable to small ships between Wigan and its mouth. Amid financial irregularities, the Douglas Navigation was not completed until 1742, and by 1783, it had been superseded by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.[2] It reverted to being a river, although the remains of several locks can still be seen between Parbold and Gathurst.[3] The Rufford Branch of the canal joins the river at Tarleton. The river rises on Winter Hill on the West Pennine Moors, and flows for 35 miles (56 km) through several towns and onto the Ribble estuary past Tarleton, the last 10 miles (16 km) or so being tidal. In 1892 the Douglas was diverted in Wigan to allow the construction of Wigan Central railway station."  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Douglas_(Lancashire))

 

Congratulations to Avos72 on FTF, we didn't think anyone would come out here in the cold and pitch black of night just for a FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Or pnershy nebhaq gur oneorq jver

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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