Vulture View Traditional Cache
KC_Jan: Time for this one to retire. Will pop along and collect soon.
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A cache placed to coinside with the February Frolics 2013 event.
HMS Vulture II was an aerial bombing and gunnery range at Treligga. Although HMS Vulture II had landing strips they were however rarely used. Unusually, the entire operation at HMS Vulture II was staffed by the Women's Royal Naval Service.
Several buildings were constructed the most obvious being a 10 metre high brick control/observation tower in the middle of the area. Towards Backways Cove and nearer the sea there was a heavily reinforced observation hut which housed quadrant equipment to record angle of dives and accuracy of attacks made by aircraft.
Accomodation for the Wrens was built on the Delabole side of Port Gaverne and early in its life HMS Vulture II was unique in being run entirely by Wrens. Later the base was run by Fleet Air Arm personnel, some living on the site and some commuting from St Merryn.
Off-site were other associated buildings, at Treligga Downs near the building later renamed the Poldark Inn, a building was used for counting holes in drogue targets. These were dropped by towing aircraft and retrieved by the Wrens, who laid them out on long tables and counted the holes. A reward of five shillings (25p) was offered to any member of the public who found a missing target. There was a further dive angle hut at Trebarwith Village and targets were positioned in Port Isaac bay for air to sea attacks. Near the cliff at Dannon Chapel is an observation tower which was used to gather hit information on these floating targets.
The cache is a 5ltr Lock and lock box with lots of swaps, plenty of room for TBs and geocoins and an unactivated micro cacher geocoin as a FTF prize.
This cache is hidden on private land and has the full permission of the landowner.
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