Under Milkwood Multi-cache
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"The sunny slow lulling afternoon yawns and moons through
the dozy town. The sea lolls, laps and idles in, with
fishes sleeping in its lap."
(Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood.)
This is a little walk through a Milkwood forest called Piet-se-Bos. It is protected from the wind and a good walk on a blustery day.
The cache is hidden at S 34°24.8(C)(A) E 019°17. 64(B)
Fill in the missing numbers as you collect the clues
Start your walk at the given coordinates. There is a pretty natural feature there.
Then walk to a sign at S 34°24.790 E 019°17.311. The map will show you the route of the little walk you are about to follow.
Clue 1:
On the bottom left of the sign it reads " Length of Piet-se-Bos walk (A)30 metres".
A = ?
(No one knows who Piet is. The origin of these wood's name has been lost.)
Now head into the forest and turn left when you hit the boardwalk
(at S 34°24.801 E 019°17.318).
Way-points in brackets are not essential, only refer to them if you feel lost or confused by which way to go. Basically stick to the gravel path, go straight where possible and enjoy the walk.
Some of these milkwoods are thought to be around 500 years old. They must have been forest seedlings when Vasco da Gama and Bartholomew Diaz sailed past.
(Go straight on gravel path at S 34°24.808 E 019°17.339).
Clue 2:
Find the Cape Beech tree at S 34°24.834 E 019°17.394.
Again in the bottom left of the sign (See the "Hint" if the sign is missing), find a reference number that reads SA (B)7(C). B = ? C = ?
Now, with thoughts of violins and magic (did you read the sign?), follow the path on to the cache. Don't turn off the path (until you are very near the cache ) or walk out to the sea. (At S 34°24.858 E 019°17.465 turn DOWN the hill). At the end of the path there is a small loop of path with a few metal stakes. Once you have rounded the loop (for completness sake) head off the path about 10m to 15m to find the cache. Please hide the cache well as braaing muggles will wander in to the forest from the beach. Use a little of the organic matter to make it look more "natural".
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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Gur svany vf uvqqra ng gur onfr bs n fznyy gerr haqre n srj ebpxf.