Up the 'Pool Multi-Cache
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The cache is not at the published co-ordinates but they give you the starting point for the first clue in a multi-cache trail. The route is suitable for children although there are a couple of obvious points where they need to be supervised. It is not suitable for wheelchairs as there are off-road paths with steps and hills.
Firstly : Kind permission was granted by the the "Parks and Open Spaces" dept. at Halton Borough Council to hide this cache. For this reason, please keep to the well established paths/tracks rather than creating new ones. p.s. many thanks to Bazonka for his valuable input (although he has no idea of the cache location) .................................................................................................................................................................. "Up the ‘Pool" is a track from the 1972 Jethro Tull album “Living In The Past”. Jethro Tull are a British rock band whose music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson who has led the band since its founding in the latter part of the sixties, They went from being a progressive blues band to becoming one of the largest concert attractions in the world. When playing live, the band were known for their theatrics and long medleys with brief instrumental interludes. Early Jethro Tull shows featured a manic Ian Anderson with bushy hair and beard dressed in tattered overcoats and ragged clothes, playing the flute whilst balancing on one leg. He is renowned for his evocative, philosophical and sometimes controversial lyrics, and also, on occasion, for the down to earth and simply comical lyrics such as those for “Up the‘Pool” ............................................................................................................................................... I'm going up the `pool from down the smoke below to taste my mum's jam sarnies and see our Aunty Flo. The candyfloss salesman watches ladies in the sand down for a freaky weekend in the hope that they'll be meeting Mister Universe. The iron tower smiles down upon the silver sea and along the golden mile they'll be swigging mugs of tea. The politicians there who've come to take the air while posing for the daily press will look around and blame the mess on Edward Bear. There'll be bucket, spades and bingo, cockles, mussels, rainy days, seaweed and sand castles, icy waves. Deck chairs, rubber dinghies, old vests, braces dangling down, sun-tanned stranded starfish in a daze. Oh Blackpool, Oh Blackpool. ............................................................................................................................................................... Oh well, now for the cache.... This is a multi-cache which can be found by following each set of co-ordinates in order. At each one, a clue will point to a number which in turn will give you a letter. This letter/number can then be used in the next set of co-ordinates as well as subsequent ones. You will need something with which to make a note of each of the letter/number combinations from each clue. The clues actually get easier as you progress to the end. Once you have all the letters/numbers, this will lead you to the cache itself. The cache is a plastic container inside a camo bag. It contains a log and pencil, a few items for swaps as well as a couple of trackables. Enjoy the puzzle element of the search and if you don't know the area, I’m sure you will enjoy the sights and scenery you encounter on the way ....................................................................................................................................................... Need to find you way back to the start? After replacing the cache, carry on along the track to the left of the hiding place and follow this until it bears right and heads towards the mobile phone transmitters. After passing the green bench, just before the main path starts, take the track to the right down the sandstone steps and follow the original co-ordinates back to the start.
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Gur znva pyhr'f va gur anzr naq gurzr bs gur pnpur. Tebhaq yriry ubyr npebff gur cngu / fgrcf
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