This cache is the 1st of a series of 3 located on the Crab & Winkle Way, a 6 mile cycle ride each way taking you from Canterbury University to Whitstable.
Please note the reviewers have made a special allowance and agreed to allow 3 caches to have the same starting point because of the nature of the caches in question.
The beginning of the Crab & Winkle way is in Canterbury making it about 7 miles each way if you want to do the whole route. You need to do the first 2 to get the coordinates for the final bonus cache. These coordinates can be found in the log books.
· 1st Canterbury Crab
· 2nd Whitstable Winkle
· 3rd Crab & Winkle Bonus
The above location is for the recomended car park, this is also the start of the series where you can pick up the 2 clues for this cache N51°18.Y42 E001°03.X73
On the sign post from the car park coordinates, what is the cycle route number = X and how many directions can you go on the blue sign’s = Y
Please remember to write down the numbers located in this cache for Whitstable Winkle & the bonus cache!
This series is an ideal cycle ride although you could walk it if you rather. Bikes can be hired from Canterbury West Railway Station. Although this series doesn’t quite take you into Whitstable why not go that bit further and enjoy some crabs & winkles from the fish markets in the Harbor or a pint in the pub before you set back for the bonus, it’s only about another mile from Whitstable Winkle.
If you go that bit further there is a cycle stand to lock your bikes in the car park at the end of the trail.
A leaflet on the route can be down loaded from Here.
In1830 the Crab & Winkle Line Opened between Canterbury & Whitstable it was built by George Stevenson.
The line was 6 miles long with a half a mile Tunnel at Tyler hill, Journey times were 40 minutes with a top speed of 17MPH.
The Crab & Winkle Line was the first scheduled passenger steam railway in the World. The tunnel was also the World's first, and is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. The tunnel is home to 3 species of bat: the most important being the "Natterer" bat.