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#9 TIDAL Avon Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/27/2021
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


WARNING

THIS RIVER CAN BE TIDAL

 

CHECK TIDES BEFORE ATTEMPTING AS SOME/ALL CACHES WILL NOT BE ACCESSIBLE ON SPRING TIDES

Tide info can be found on the Internet by searching for this

'River Avon at Netham Weir'

Caches will be underwater, and the river WILL BE DANGEROUS due to fast flow - don't get caught out - check first

 

 

YOU ATTEMPT THESE CACHES AT YOUR OWN RISK

 neither us nor Groundspeak accept any responsibility for your actions and decisions!

Information for launching and parking is given on cache number #1

This is a series of caches placed along the river Avon between Netham Lock in Bristol and Hanham Lock on the upstream side of the river. The river is normaly a quiet tranquil affair, but heavy rain and\or tides do change its characterisitics considerably!

The flow is normaly downstream to Netham, BUT, on spring tides the Avon sends its waters upstream, bridging the weir at Netham and floods upto and past the weir at Hanham lock, and it moves very fast carrying all sorts of 'stuff' with it - you have been warned.

A Licence to use a boat on the River is required

Caches are mostly Preform tubes in camo with the odd Bison tube - all are double potted to help protect the log sheets.

Hints are given on individual cache pages along with which side of the river the cache is on when paddling UPSTREAM - Netham to Hanham

 

Most of all have fun and stay safe

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

EUF Ovfba Bireunatvat fznyy oenapu

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)