A snail's tale of 2 Bridges Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/2/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

This is a quick drive by Nano cache – hopefully pretty well disguised and out of view. It is situated in the lay-by overlooking the Menai Strait. This is a very popular viewing point for the bridges and gets very busy in summer – please use stealth when searching. You will definitely need tweezers to retrieve the logbook, as it is very small…. Good Luck

Menai Bridge - For centuries, travel to Anglesey from the mainland was often hazardous. Ferries traversed the Menai Strait at various places, but the currents are tricky and numerous boats capsized or ran aground, often with loss of life. Traffic across the strait and Anglesey increased in the early 19th century after the Act of Union of 1800, when Ireland joined the United Kingdom. Travellers to the ferry port of Holyhead, where ships left for Ireland, had to make the dangerous crossing after a long and arduous journey from London. Thomas Telford drew up plans for ambitious improvements to the route from London to Holyhead, including a bridge over the Menai. Despite much opposition from the ferry owners and tradesmen in the ports, construction of the bridge started in 1819. The bridge was opened on 30 January 1826 to great fanfare. Its completion, along with other improvements to the road by Telford, reduced travel time from London to Holyhead from 36 hours to 27 (today it takes 5.5 hours)........... Britannia Bridge - The completion of the Menai Bridge was a boon in easing the journey to the island, particularly for travel to Ireland. However, the rapid rise of rail travel later in the 19th century meant that there was soon a need for trains to cross the Strait. When plans were first being made to build a railway to Holyhead it was proposed that the carriages be taken over the Menai Bridge; the carriages would be uncoupled from the locomotive at one end, then drawn across one by one, using horses, to a waiting locomotive at the other end. This idea was abandoned and Robert Stephenson, son of the locomotive pioneer George Stephenson, drew up plans for a new bridge. He faced the challenge of building a bridge rigid and strong enough to carry a heavy train of many carriages. This was done by making the bridge out of two long iron tubes, rectangular in shape, through which the trains would travel. The present day bridge has a much different appearance than the original. This is because it has been reconstructed after a disastrous fire in 1970.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zbhagnva cvpgher

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)


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