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The Unfortunate Street Names Set: 4 (Coldbath) Traditional Cache

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mumbo jumbo: GZ has been compromised so time to archive this one. Thanks to all who found it.

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Hidden : 9/23/2006
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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This drive-by series celebrates the seemingly quirky names we Brits have given to some of our streets and roads. It involves six caches plus a bonus cache in which you will (among other things) find a book on British place names. Four of them are micros; the rest are Tupperware of varying sizes with the usual goodies.

This set is for the dedicated cacher as the caches are not particularly close together. It will involve a fair amount of driving (or cycling). That said, the whole set has been done in 3 hours (well done TreasureTrailers!!).

The bonus cache co-ordinates are N52 AB.C18 W001 DE.F81. The values of the letters A - F are found in the logbook or Geocaching notice of caches 1 - 6. I had planned to call the set “A Series of Unfortunate Street Names – Cache the First / Second / Third” etc but this style is too long. The only reason I mention this is that all of the logbooks / Geocaching notices show this style as the cache name. I’ll update them as the logbooks get filled up.

Where possible, I have included information about the reason why a road is named as it is.

The other caches in the series are:

1 Pestilence
2 Dogpool
3 Poverty
5 Grimpits
6 World's End
The Bonus

There are loads of books about place names and street names. There’s probably one for your area. In the meantime, and to whet your appetite, follow this link enter your postcode and enjoy the results.

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Coldbath Road

Fancy a cold bath after a long day out caching? I thought not!

The cache is a 35mm film canister containing a logbook only so bring something to write with. As an initial sweetener / FTF prize the cache contains Gribbin’s Micro Coin. The logbook / Geocaching notice gives the value of D. Don’t forget to make a note of it! You can park just across Coldbath Road on the pavement or in the nearby pub car park.

It is probably best not to attempt this cache during term time at school arrival / departure times as it is within sight of the entrance to a secondary school.

Vivian Bird’s “Streetwise” book says:

“Coldbath Road is a close neighbour with Colbath Brook which runs from Moseley Golf Course through Coldbath Pool, beneath Yardley Wood Road, and alongside Moseley Bog to the millpool at Sarehole Mill where it helped turn the mill-wheel before its confluence with the River Cole. Coldbath appears elsewhere as a name for a stream. London had a Coldbath Fields - “where prisoners were held””

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Tebhaq yriry. Oruvaq gur fvta.

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)