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Bernard’s Stroll 9 – Pillbox Traditional Cache

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TR64: Unfortunately recent changes at GZ has made this cache site no longer viable.

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Hidden : 2/7/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a replacement for the ninth in a nineteen cache series dedicated to our great friend and near neighbour Bernard Glovell-Raff who has lived in the area for well over 60 years and walks part of this route nearly every day. He has seen the area change over the decades and always has a story to tell when we accompany him. The route is a rough figure of eight and should take 2 hours or so to complete.


Bernard Says:
 
“If you had been standing here during the war, you would have seen, slightly to the south and on the opposite bank of the Colne, a Pillbox. These concrete and brick bunkers formed part of the Outer London Defence Ring as a precaution in case of invasion. The banks of the Colne were littered with them every few hundred yards. Over the years, they were slowly demolished and the death knell for the one that was here was the building of the road that you can see just beyond, Stephenson Way, whose path went directly over a number of the sites.”
 
“A number of these still exist not too far away. If you’ve ever gone around the gyratory near Bushey Station and wondered what that brick building with slits is under one of the railway arches in the middle of the roundabout, it’s a pillbox.”
 
You are looking for a camouflaged micro container. Also, please replace EXACTLY as found and ensure that the container is fully home for the next person to enjoy. 

To get to the next cache in the series:
 
Continue along the path for a while and then go through the kissing gate, aiming to get to the metalled path that goes underneath the road bridge. On the other side, turn right to get up to the path on the road bridge, turn right at the top and follow the metalled path through the gate into the nature reserve.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs zvqqyr cbfg.

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)