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'Snail Mail' - Rhos Rug Traditional Cache

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redkitegar: I am not in good health and am not likely to improve in the short term. I can only walk very short distances because of my condition and I got a relative to remove the container today.

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Hidden : 11/3/2012
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A magnetic nano for which your own pen and a pair of tweezers to extract the log sheet will be essential tools.

When did you last send 'Snail Mail' or did you send an e-mail or text?
Studies show that the average teenager sends between 50-75 texts per day!!
According to statistics from phone networks the average teenager sends/receives about 6,500 text messages per month. That's 78,000 messages a year!
Other statistics say teens send anywhere from 150 to 3,000 texts a month.

Royal Mail is responsible for universal mail collection and delivery in the UK. Letters are deposited in a pillar or wall box, taken to a post office, or collected in bulk from businesses. Deliveries are made at least once every day except Sundays and Bank Holidays at uniform charges for all British destinations. First Class deliveries are generally made the next business day throughout the nation.
In 2006, Royal Mail delivered 84 million items every working day and had a network of 14,376 post offices with a revenue of £9.056 billion, and profits before tax were £312 million. Since that time, profits have dropped year on year – £233 million in 2006-7 falling to a £10 million trading deficit in 2007. In 2008, the BBC reported that Royal Mail's trading position had worsened to an annual loss of £279 million/yr in financial 2007.] For the financial year 2008-9 Royal Mail had an operating profit of £321m, with all four group businesses in a full year profit for the first time in two decades]
In Wales, the service carries the Welsh name Post Brenhinol, as well as the English name. Both names are normally used on vans, postboxes etc. It is also compulsory for all Post Offices in Wales to have the name Swyddfa'r Post on display outside] Post Offices in Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland such as the Hebrides and parts of the Highlands, also display the name Oifis a' Phuist ("Post Office").

Cache & dash, cache is a nano, please take your own pen and tweezers - stealth may be required in retrieving and replacing the cache!
Please replace carefully.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oynpx ba Oynpx haqre Erq

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)