The coordinates above are for a handy parking spot, which is a
logical place to start and finish.
GEOCACHING ON NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Also, please note that the National Trust is caring for the
specialist habitats and landscape you enjoy on this and other
caches on NT property, which is one of the reasons we are glad to
be members.
Please Sir, what do I have to do?
The cache involves a walk of about an hour and a half finding 4
micros, which contain questions you have to answer for the
coordinates of the final location. The GPS signal is not wonderful
in places, but the clues should get you there.
The questions are all mathematical, so if you hate maths, take
your GCSE expert with you, or have them as a PAF! The questions
aren't tricky and can all be solved in the field, you just need to
take a pen and paper, or take a calculator. However, I will warn
you that I believe in proper old English units, not these stupid
new continental things - see example below.
Battleships - sort of!
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This grid will be used throughout the cache to identify the
final coordinates. Each question will have an answer, e.g. 43. This
will mean row 4 of the grid, number 3 in the row – this would give
the answer 2 (I'm counting rows from the top). Blanks do not
count in this scheme, so if the answer to a question were 81,
the grid would give row 8, number 1 = 9.
A sample question
Add together a tanner, 3 bob and half a crown – how many old
pence is that? Answer = ZZ – interpret via grid gives B
The final cache location is
N 51 16.(D-G)(E+G-B-H)(B+A-C)
W 00 17.(C-H)(B+D-F-G-H)(A-B)
There is a prize in the final location, which is a set of clues
for some of our other caches - please don't remove it!
The hint gives away my age, and the sort of music I was in to
when I left school and went to University!!
You can check your answers for the final location on
Geochecker.com.