*** The Middy ***
The Petersfield to Midhurst railway - A.K.A. "The Middy" was built by the London & South Western Railway (LSWR) and had intermediate stations "Rogate & Harting", which was actually at the village of Nyewood, and Elsted which was actually at Elsted Marsh. The line opened on 1st September 1864 and closed on 5th February 1955 and most of the line and associated infrastructure was removed soon afterwards.
There are still some remains along the route and this small series of caches has been placed at or close to some of those points of interest.
If you had stood here during the time of The Middy you would have been standing beneath the railway bridge over Pullens Lane with steam trains running overhead.
The remains of the bridge abutments are clearly visible either side of the road here.
See Gravelroots for more information on The Middy
and the BFI for black and white archive film of trains running on the line.
*** The Cache ***
This is a straightforward Trad, you are looking for a camoflaged container which is hidden in plain sight on the stonework of the abutment.
This is a very busy road so please take extra care with children and dogs, and please don't be tempted to park by the cache as cars travel very fast and visibility is limited from both directions, there is plenty of parking available at the waypoints below.
