Run Around`s Rocket Traditional Cache
Run Around: After 5 years the cache has been stolen. I am not prepared to make another custom cache to replicate the original.
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This cache is placed on the Flitch Way with the kind permission of the Flitch Way Country Parks.
Free parking opposite Takeley Station House is available.
Co-ordinates N 51º 51.988 E 000º 16.045 Postcode CM22 6QA
The cache is approx 0.35 miles from here, access can be gained on foot, bicycle, or horse back.
The Flitch Way is a disused railway track open to walkers, cyclist and horse riders. It is flat and mostly traffic free. There are many public footpaths leading off the route to explore the countryside.
The route begins at Braintree, the junction of Roman roads from Chelmsford and Colchester, which became a thriving industrial centre by the 19th century, partly thanks to the coming of the railway.
The Braintree to Bishop`s Stortford line, decommissioned in 1972, now enjoys a new lease of life as a linear country park full of railway cuttings rich in wildlife dotted with attractive Victorian stations, Takeley being one of them.
It is also part of the National Cycle Network No 16.
The route name comes from the Flitch Trial, a folk custom still surviving today which originated in Little Dunmow. Every four years a married couple stands before a mock court- if they can prove to the satisfaction of the judge and jury that they have, for a year and a day, `not wished themselves unwed`, they are awarded half a pig known as a `flitch` (side) of bacon.
The Flitch Way also has many other caches along its route. It links many countryside attractions such as the Great Notley Discovery Centre and Hatfield Forest
You are looking at ground level for an aluminium cylindrical container with a green fluted top. It contains a log book, pen and a few swaps.
You do not have to climb any fences to find the cache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Onpx gb rnegu ba gur fbhgu onax arne na bnx gerr.
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