War and Peace......and quiet! Traditional Cache
Hythe Monkey Boys: Thank you everyone for all the fun we have had with this cache but as it has been muggled we have decided not to replace it.
War and Peace......and quiet!
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Situated near Lepe Country Park, the walk to the cache is mainly on sand / shingle and so unfortunately is unsuitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs,sorry!
Park your car in the Lepe Country Park car park at the bottom of the hill N50.47.057 W001.21.291 near the café / restaurant
Before commencing your ‘cache quest’, you may like to have a look at the disused underground bunker which is now very overgrown and fenced off near the ‘Solent Rescue’ hut on the cliff top (up the gravel slope). These underground shelters were built for the Royal Observer Corp to report nuclear blasts and monitor fallout during the Cold War.
Although padlocked, you can find out more about this particular shelter and see photos of it inside (which is left intact) by copying and pasting this into your web address box at the top of this page
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/cgi-bin/webdata_roc.pl?fid=988303843.034003&query=pagenum%3D4%26cgifunction%3DSearch%26County%3D%5EHampshire&cgifunction=form
The cache is hidden along the beach in an area that was ‘sealed off’ from civilians during the war as it was the construction area for the concrete barges (called caissons) that were used as the ‘Mulberry Harbour’ in the D-Day landings.
The bottom halves of the caissons were made here, launched into the sea and were then towed by tug to Southampton Docks where when completed, measured 200 feet long, 55 feet wide, 60 feet high and weighed 6000 tons each!
Although the buildings have gone, much of the concrete construction and launching slipways remain.
This is a very quiet and relaxing place to sit, relax and ponder the thought, that this apparently insignificant, overgrown and mainly forgotten place played a major part in securing peace in Europe.
The cache contained the following (when first hidden):-
* A note book and pen for you to leave praise and abuse!
* A disposable camera,please say ‘CHEEEEEESE’ and then replace in box
* Playing cards in a card box from RMS Queen Elizabeth
* A 1940’s? Roapmap book
* Antique food whisk
* Cigarette tin from the Coronation (the event, not the street!)
* Brass duck ornament (though this could be an ex Hilda Ogden!)
* 2 old Brooke Bond cigarette card books
* Hand painted cockerell bottle opener
Thank you for visiting ‘Hythe Monkeys Boys’ first cache, we hope you enjoyed it.
PLEASE NOTE –BOTH TOP & BOTTOM CAR PARKS ARE LOCKED UP AT 6.30pm PROMPT!
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