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firstclass@alvechurch (aka SideTracked Alvechurch) Traditional Geocache

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Butttercup: Oh dear - a muddy visit to the area confirms, as watercolourman suggests, that this has been cleared away - how sad. The area is now neater and tidier, which I imagine is due to the ditch clearing that has been undertaken since floods over the last few years, but it does mean that there is no good place to rehide a cache now. Nice while it lasted and thank you all those who visited it.

Butttercup

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Hidden : 7/5/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Located along a Public Footpath which can be accessed from either Alvechurch Railway Station to the North, or Grange Lane from the South. Parking is available at either end. You can also make the walk a circular one by completing the footpath and returning along the canal towpath. Footpaths have a tendency to be muddy after rain...

This is named "first class" for 2 reasons - not only can you travel from here first class (a single adult ticket to Birmingham cost 2 Shillings and 8 Pence in 1923 - 13p in new money!) but in 1957 this station was awarded the British Rail First in Class for the picturesque platform garden.

Cache is a 0.25 litre plastic container with log book, pen, pencil and room for very little else!

Seeking this cache can be combined with finding other caches in Alvechurch, Barnt Green, Blackwell, Lickey and Rednal.

As this cache is a very short walk from Alvechurch Station and the earlier SideTracked cache here disappeared twice in as many days I have altered the name to reflect its location!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre gur bire.

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)