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Old A30 Revisited - Polson Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 3/27/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Old A30 Revisited - Polson

The A30 is the backbone of Cornwall. Over the years, road 'improvement' schemes have altered its course, bypassing significant sections of the 'old' road. It's surprising how many of these orphaned bits of the old A30 there are in Cornwall.

The trip from Land's End to the county border (Dunheved Bridge), is about 80 miles. Up to 50 miles of which can be travelled using about 18 to 20 sections of the old A30. And I'm sorry to say that I think they have all been bypassed in my lifetime!

The Launceston bypass was completed in March 1976. It left an almost four mile section of the old A30 that runs from Liftondown (just the Devon side of the county border), through Launceston.

Polson Bridge marks the county border, where the old road crosses the Tamar. The cache is located less than a mile from Polson Bridge - on the Cornish side of course!

There's a lay-by nearby, so parking should be easy for this cache-n-dash.

You're looking for a small 0.3ltr plastic container of the typical lock top variety. It's at eye-level(ish).

There's only limited space for TBs.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ba urqtr, EUF bs ovt gerr, haqre ebpx.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)