Bombs Away (N.Yorks) Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/6/2002
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


This is part of a group of 4 caches around York that will take you to visit WWII airfields, some are in working order and others returning to nature.

The cache is only accessible from one footpath. Please don’t try to cut across the common away from the main paths to the cache as there are several very deep and dangerous peat bogs. The path to the cache passes through what was once the bomb storage area, you can see banked areas. There are car parks at either side of the common at the Skipwith and Riccall end or if in a hurry, there is a small area at N53 49.684 W 1 00.588 to enable disabled visitors access to the easy-going path. The road is very pot holed but passable in a normal car, if you don’t mind the odd scratch or two. The cache is in a 3L container located suitably to keep it dry.

Have a seat, look over your right shoulder and consider the famous rugby league commentator, Eddie Waring’s best known phrase.

The Riccall airfield opened in 1942 as a Heavy Conversion Unit, used to train pilots to fly heavy bombers using the Halifax. It trained 1000’s of crew but because the trainee pilots were inexperienced it also lost a very large number of aircraft. Riccall closed after the war in 1946.

The airfield is now part of Skipwith nature reserve which is one of the last remaining areas of lowland heath in the North of England. It is teeming with wild life and if you are quiet you can quite often see deer.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqqra haqre gur jbbqra jnyxjnl va n fznyy furys yvxr havg

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)


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