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Flying to the Church along Route 13 Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Hanoosh: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Brenda
Hanoosh - Volunteer UK Reviewer www.geocaching.com
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Hidden : 2/17/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A cache placed to turn some of The Geotourers Cycle route 51 series of caches, the multi Cycle Route 51 and Great Barton Church Micro into a circular route using part of Cycle Route 13 (if you haven't done the multi yet I can thoroughly recommend it!)


This could be done as a cache & dash but the track is just that, a farm track with big potholes in places and must be approached from Gt Barton Church as the crossing over the railway line was closed to vehicles in the 1970s.

This cache is close to the site of an archived cache so if it looks familiar that might be why. I am not certain whether the old cache was ever removed, I couldn't find it here but if you find a nano cache it's not the right one! The cache I have placed is a small clip-lock box big enough to hold geocoins and small tbs. 

This lane makes up the entirety of the Hamlet of Cattishall. Cattishall comprises an old farmhouse and 4 cottages that date from the 20th century. Old maps show earlier cottages here that would have been associated with the farmstead. A large timber barn complex also existed until the early 1980s which is currently under pheasant cover. Across the railway line are two further cottages on the far end of the lane where it meets Mount Road, and the former Flying Fortress is located south of these. The original pub building was previously the farm manager’s cottage so was strongly associated with the farmstead. The dwellings sit either side of a spur of the isolated Green Lane, severed when the level crossing was closed in the 1970s. The ancient Green Lane links the Thurston road to the east, past Gt. Barton church, and across farmland to the Bury/Gt. Barton road to the west (A143) at Anglenook Cottages. It continues beyond as ‘Coltons Ride’ which bounds the Barton Stud. 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va Gur Gjvfgf

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)