Trowie Brig Traditional Cache
Hidden : 6/14/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A traditional lock n lock container with FTF certificate.
Park in the passing place or at a nearby junction.
A brig over the Catfirth burn.

Part of the Trowie trail

The nearby burn has relicts of the woodland which covered Shetland thousands of years ago -Willows, Rowans and one of the islands’ only two surviving Hazel trees. Well worth a visit.

Tradition has it that trows often hide under brigs and ounce on wearie travellers.

In the folkloric traditions of the Orkney and Shetland islands, a trow (alternatively trowe or drow) is a small, troll-like fairy creature.[1] Trows, in general, are inclined to be short of stature, ugly and both shy and mischievous in nature. Like the troll of Scandinavian legend, with which the trow shares many similarities, trows are nocturnal creatures; venturing out of their 'trowie knowes' (earthen mound dwellings) solely in the evening, they often enter households as the inhabitants sleep. Trows traditionally have a fondness for music, and folktales tell of their habit of kidnapping musicians or luring them to their dens.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqqra yvxr n gebyy ba gur ynaqjneq fvqr.

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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