Black Drove Meridian Traditional Cache
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First in a small series of meridian caches. This is a micro just off the very busy A47 and is located as near to the Meridian as possible. !! WARNING !! The A47 is a fast single carriageway trunk road: DO NOT stop on the junction or you will probably be hit by a vehicle entering the junction. In order to avoid breaking the law*, proceed into Black Drove at least until you have passed the "End of Clearway" sign.
I recommend turning round and coming back again so that you are facing the incoming traffic. I stopped here for about ten minutes to place the cache and there was, on average, one vehicle per minute. One of which stopped to chat to me so [also] beware, the locals are watching you! I love that my weekly route takes me accross the meridian. Every other part of my week has my watch either a little bit fast or a slow, but at that moment I cross, it's spot on. Also, I find that when I'm on the Meridian I am only aware of one line around the planet - all the other times you could travel in any direction and you'd come back to where you started but when you cross this line, it's north or south and no other will do. Since we are here to find points on the planet, using co-ordinates and grids, it seems just wrong to ignore the Meridian. The second meridian cache is GC54QZ2 If you would like to expand this series in other parts of the country, please do. I'm not aware of a series deliberately targeting the meridian, if you know of one please correct me. Congratulations to Mimi and Bod for an incredibly speedy find! I thought I might have to wait a while before someone stopped for it. *Highway code (2013) rule 240 states, amongst other things You MUST NOT stop or park on a clearway Or you will be breaking one of the following: Laws MT(E&W)R regs 7 & 9, MT(S)R regs 6 & 8, ZPPPCRGD regs 18 & 20, RTRA sects 5, 6 & 8, TSRGD regs 10, 26 & 27, RTA 1988 sects 21(1) & 36
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Uvtu.
Uvtujnl.
Pyrnejnl.
Pyrne.
Raq.
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