The cache is not at this location but you will need to go there to get the final cords.
Some information will be gathered from the start point, other will need researching.
35mm container please bring pen. not wheelchair accessible.
A=No of bolts at base of marker beacon
B=No of bar holes in the top of the capstan
C=No of posts from the corner by the ladder to the broken post
D=No of bolts at each corner where the old marker was
E=No of engines that powered the Horsa troop transport aircraft
F=No of crew in a WW2 Typhoon ground attack aircraft
G=The British airborne division in Normandy
H=The desert rats
I=The calibre of a Sten gun
The final coordinates are: N 50 AH.FIC E 000 ED.GHB if you have to cross a bridge to get the final cache something has gone wrong.
Newhaven was one on the main embarkation ports for D day and the subsequent battle of Nomandy. At it's peak a fully equipped brigade (4 to 5000 men) left every day , with their associated vehicles. Most of the vessels were British although some were American. As far as i am aware it was only British or Canadian units on board the ships.
Of the D day assault forces elements of the British 3rd division embarked here as part of force S.
My father boarded a ship here on D day plus 12. He was a Royal Engineer sapper surveyor sent out with a batch of replacements, on board an American LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Craft_Infantry. The vessel travelled down the coast to the assembly area off the Isle of Wight & then on to Normandy where he disembarked at the mulberry harbour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbour) which a week or so previously had travelled much of the same route and been constructed by his fellow Royal Engineers.
Parts of Mulberry were built at different parts of the coast. A short time before the invasion my grandfather towed a mysterious large concrete thing down the Thames without realising it's purpose.