*** 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 quite probably had a face full of steam, smoke, and hot cinders as the steam trains passed beneath you, but these would not be trains on The Middy.
If you turn your back on the station and look up the line you will see the signal box on the left of the tracks and directly opposite on the right hand side, just behind where the automatic barriers are, was the terminus platform for the The Middy, the line went North from here and under a second span on the right of the bridge ahead.
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 ***
At the published co-ordinates you should be standing on the footbridge over the London to Portsmouth Railway, look for a bridge plate which contains several numbers these are:
WPHA
BC/DE A
FGm HJch
Now make your way to:
N51 0.F(G-A)C W000 56.(A-B)E(D-G)
which is several hundred metres away and beside more remains of The Middy. As you are approaching the GZ continue to the top of the road before turning sharp right off the road by the No Fly Tipping sign.
Should take 20-25 minutes and you'll be back at the car if you walk all the way.
Parking is available in the station carpark at the waypoint below.
