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Trowbarrow 3 - The Incline Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/11/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Trowbarrow Local Nature Reserve is a dramatic place of past industrial quarrying, now a haven for wildlife, climbers and geologists! Please note the warnings on the signs at the entrances – that the site has many natural hazards and that you enter at your own risk. Be gentle searching - it is a Local Nature Reserve and a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. No damage or collecting is allowed.

After the Boulder, head south along the quarry floor. Keep away from the bottom of the main climbing areas in case of falling rocks.

Red Wall (see the EC) is off to the right in the trees, half way to the Shelter Stone. At the Stone bare right'ish into Lime Works Wood, which forms the long leg of the 'T' shaped site. Head for the south side and a very straight path, built on a small embankment to keep it flat.

This is the remains of the incline, a narrow gauge 'railway' on which trucks took the quarried stone down to the lime works and the railway at the bottom of the site. The laden wagons were connected by a continuous chain to the empty ones, which were pulled back up by the weight of the full ones. As you walk down the straight path, look for the remains of the wooden rail sleepers on the incline.

Occasionally, the chain would break and trucks would run out of control and overturn, spilling their load. A few mounds of spilt limestone can be seen on the side of the inclines. At one of these is the cache site. The trees may not help the GPS signal!

The cache is in a coppiced sycamore, which looks exactly like a hazel, except for the leaves, which obviously aren't there all year! Good luck!

Onward to The Works

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zbff fgbar, obyr bs pbccvprq flpnzber, ol fcvyyrq ybnq zbhaq, F fvqr bs gur vapyvar

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)