The cache is a 35 mm magnetic film cannister. Please take a pencil or pen to sign the log.
The cache is situated within 2-3 minutes drive from junction 4 of the M4 and is convenient for cachers to get a 'quick fix' when dropping off/picking up people from terminals 1,2 & 3 at London Heathrow airport.
The cache site is close to the former Great Western Railway (GWR) line designed and engineered under the control of Isambard Kingdon Brunel. The lines are now operated and maintained by Network Rail. The wide trackbed is the result Brunel's decision to build a railway with a distance (gauge) of 7ft between the rails as opposed to Stephenson 4 ft 8 1/4 inch gauge. The GWR later changed to the 'narrower', late called standard gauge, which had become the more dominant gauge throughout the rest of the British Isles. Another feature of Brunel's design are the easy gradients on the line which has led to the jibe that GWR stands for the 'Great Way Round' as the line does not necessary take the most direct route between London and Bristol. The first revenue earning passenger service on this section of the GWR was on 4th June 1838. When the trains operated from the London terminus of Paddington to the temporary western terminus of 'Maidenhead'. 'Maidenhead' was atually a point about a mile short of the present Maidenhead station on the eastern side of the River Thames in the vallage of Taplow. Trains services eventually reached Maidenhead on 1st July 1839 with opening of Brunel magificent brick bridge over the River Thames; at the same time the line was extended to Twyford. Close to the cache site is another historic transport system; the Grand Union Canal is situated less than 100 yards to the north.
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