Hovertrain Experiment: 1970
The Royal Institution found his ideas VERY Hard To Swallow!
Inventer of the Linear Electric Motor, he built the worlds first monorail train to use hovercraft and linear motor technology. His prototype, the RTV31, reached speeds of 100mph on a one mile length of track alongside the Old Bedford River south-west of Sutton-Gault
Map of the area
The Hovertrain prototype seen here 'in flight'
is now a static exhibit at Railworld in Peterborough
In the early 70's the government of the day stopped funding the project, and it was left to Germany and Japan to pursue further research on maglev trains that now reach speeds of 350mph.
To find this cache, you will walk the length of his experimental track - sadly very little is left to be seen of the track itself, but you'll be walking near to the finest wetland area in Europe. Lots of birds to be seen!
After parking at Sutton Gault, walk 1 mile southwest alongside the Old Bedford River - an artificial canal constructed in 1650 to drain the Fens.