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Wings and Floats Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Professor Xavier: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it. Please note that as this cache has now been archived by a reviewer or HQ staff it will NOT be unarchived.

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Ed
Professor Xavier - Volunteer UK Reviewer
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Hidden : 9/16/2016
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A magnetic nano in Battery Park close to the water. Bring a pen and be careful to put cache exactly back on magnet.


 

Old RAF aerial photography, and sketch maps , show that RAF Greenock was concentrated on Battery Park, on the eastern shore of Gourock Bay. The base has been described as occupying the whole area of the park, with at least two large hangars, and a number of smaller, wooden buildings or huts. The RAF station occupied the south eastern corner of the site, next to the bay. The northern end of the site is known as Fort Matilda , and was occupied by the Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, and two barrage balloon mooring station

The concrete slipway that served the base can still be seen today, and lies only a few yards north of the present day helipad, used by the Helicopter Emergency Services (HEMS) when attending at the local hospital. There are no other significant remains of the base itself, Battery Park has been developed over the years, and now has a football pitch and pavilion. The area formerly used as a mooring station area has been taken over by a sewage treatment plant.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Anzr bs pnpur!

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)