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Will Something Run - Doniford. Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/23/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Located at Doniford Station on the West Somerset Railway.

Please use the NEW footpath in the field for a safe way to access the station.

Hidden with the kind permission of the WSR and Doniford site managers.

Cache is named after the nickname of the WSR from the early days of preservation when the volunteers struggled to keep the railway going.


I volunteer on the Railway (Guard and Diesel Driver) so will be looking out for you!

Cache is a clip top box with room for TB's.

This cache is one of a series of caches at stations on the West Somerset Railway.Total in series = 10 .(GC759AW :Watchet is a different CO)

History Of Doniford station.

Doniford Halt (or Doniford Beach Halt as it's identified on the OS maps) is a pretty little platform with a heritage GWR 'pagoda' waiting room and views from the platform bench of the surrounding farmland, Quantock Hills and Steep Holm Island in the distance rising from the silvery Bristol Channel. 

The halt was built by the West Somerset Railway itself and opened in 1987 to serve the local community, self-catering and holiday campsites. Heritage materials were used: the 'pagoda' from the old Exe Valley line; and the platform sections from Montacute on the GWR's Taunton to Yeovil line. Over the last few years Doniford Halt has been subject to a lot of tender loving care and now, set in its own lawned island in the fields, the quiet atmosphere, curved, flowered platform and lovely views have brought holiday-makers and locals just to sit on the benches and relax in the beautiful Somerset countryside.  There are no other facilities - just peace, broken by the occasional passing steam train! This is a request stop, so in order to catch a train you have to put your hand out to signal to the driver, just as if you were at a bus request stop! On the way back you need to be in one of the front coaches (the platform's too short for more than three) and tell the guard you want to get off at Doniford.

No parking at the station.

Parking at Doniford Farm if you are visiting the attaction.

Please be carefull on the busy road, please use the NEW footpath to the station.

Please ensure the cache remains well hidden due to the high level of muggle activity.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO ON TO OR CROSS THE RAILWAY LINE TO ACCESS THIS CACHE, PLEASE DO NOT TRESPASS ON THE RAILWAY LINE.

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh jvyy zvff gur genva vs lbh fgnl urer. Gb gur yrsg fvqr.

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)