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OS03 Thirsty Work #1 Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Southerntrekker: Hi There

As the owner has not responded to either my log or my colleague's previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

Please note that once the cache has been archived, this can not be undone. This is explained in the Help Center - http://support.groundspeak.com//index.php?pg=kb.page&id=70

You will need to create a new listing, put it back in for review and as long as it meets today's guidelines and no other caches have been published in the area causing a proximity problem, then it will be published.

Regards

Southerntrekker
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Hidden : 9/25/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is within the pleasant backstreets of Marylebone, London, about 10 minutes walk from either Marylebone, Baker Street or Marble Arch stations. It is a small magnetic tube of about 5cm containing a log that may require some tweezer dexterity to remove! No pen supplied, and please replace the cache exactly how found, thank you.

And now a short biography. Most will be familiar with the name William Pitt (both younger & elder): eminent British polititians etc etc.

Well how about another, namely William Pitt Byrne. Named after W.P. the Younger, he was born in 1806, and achieved fame as a newspaper editor and proprietor of The Morning Post. Broadening the paper's focus from being a mostly political journal by including more general topics, he ended his connection prior to his death to follow literary pursuits, contributing to leading journals.

After his death in 1861, his wife and friends built a memorial fountain in his name at the south end of Bryanston Square, nearby to his former residence in Montague Street. Still in existence, it is a Grade II listed monument which has an associated plaque containing very typically overblown and bombastic Victorian language!

Enjoy the find, and for the eagle-eyed there is a rivet and cut benchmark to be found very close by too!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Envyvat oruvaq.

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)