FYI 887 - Welcome To The Stop Line Way. Chard North.
We are often told (correctly, if somewhat ideologically), that geocaches should take us to somewhere "interesting", and not simply be placed just for the sake of it. The aim of this series is to try and adhere to this ideal by basing caches around details given on an Interpretation Board about the area in which it is situated. By definition, it is hoped that this information will be "interesting", and will help the cacher discover things about the area that would often not be revealed by a traditional cache.
First you will need to go to the Posted Coords that will take you to an Information Board where you will need to collect some info, you will then need to do some simple maths which will give you the correct coords to find the cache!
At the Information Board....
THE STOP LINE WAY
This sustrans Route 33 is named THE STOP LINE WAY because it partly follows the Taunton Stop Line' built by the Army in ABC0 to contain any German invasion of the South West. These defences 'ran for DE miles, from Burnham on the Bristol Channel to Seaton on the South Coast. Canals, railways and rivers were made into a continuous anti-tank obstacle with road blocks and over F80 concrete pillboxes. Between Ilminster and Chard it largely follows the track of the old Great Western Railway.
THE GREAT SHIP CANAL
THAT NEVER GOT BUILT
In 1824, the famous engineer, Thomas Telford, produced a report detailing plans for a great trans-peninsula ship canal 95 feet wide (G9m) connecting Beer with Parret estuary - it was the HJ20's equivalent of the Channel Tunnel. Had it come to pass Chard would have become a major inland port built around wharf's and warehouses - a very different town that we have today.
By now you should have all the info that you need!
Checksum - A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H+J =33
The final cache can be found at: N 50 (C+A)(G+H).(D-C)(G-H)(J-G) W 002 (B-C)(F+F).(F+C)(E+C)(J+H)
I hope that you find this an interesting variation on the caching experience. For a full list of all FYI caches in the series, please go to https://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?code=BM4RZ8H
For more details of the FYI series as a whole, you can visit the dedicated website at fyigeocaching.co.uk where you will also find details of how to place your own FYI cache (I'm sure you know of some interesting Interpretation Boards in your area!). You can also join the FYI Geocaching Facebook Group, or contact the Series Owner, John Williams, directly at fyigeocaching@outlook.com