Liden Lagoon Mystery Cache

The co-ordinates given are for suggested parking. There is enough space for four or five cars here with additional parking on the nearby streets.

Liden Lagoon was dug during the 1960s and is thought to be a flood storage facility to help protect the nearby homes. It is now home to a wide range of wildlife including herons, swans, ducks, geese, mice and dragon flies. There are even some reports of a large turtle which sunbathes on the rocks.

It is very close to the busy A419 and you will hear the noise from the traffic whilst searching for this cache. There is no need to go onto the A419 to retrieve this cache.

At the official entrance to the lake there is a monumental stone entitled 'Country Seats Telling Tales' which is engraved with a map of the lagoon. This is very close to the waypoint for the first clue - be sure to check it out.

The lagoon is a popular fishing spot but membership of Liden Lagoon Angling Club slumped in 2002 after a lengthy period of fruitless fishing. The Environment Agency stepped in to help with a cash grant which was used to restock the lagoon with fish and to install large underwater cages to protect the fish from predatory birds which were blamed for the slump. Club membership has increased again and there is a thriving junior section too.

At each waypoint you will find two lines of writing which should be written into the result grid below. Put each line on a separate row with one letter per box and do not leave spaces between the words. There will be some blank spaces at the end of most rows. To get you on the right track the first row should finish at column L.

Once you have completed the grid decode the following to work out the location of the cache:

N51.33.(P16, A4, H9, E15, L5, G13, J1 ,O8, K3, C11, C6, B1, M14, F6, T6, K11, N4, A12, E8, Q5 ) (B3, N11, H10, O6, Q6, F14, D4, T5, D16, J6, C1, L2, N15, A9, G4, J15, K11, K7, F2, N3, E13, B15, I7, E7) (C8, I2, O11, P8, A3, B15, I15, M4, J9, H16, A7, B11, H8, M8, S6)

W001.43.(G1, M6, E6, N13, S5, E12, A10, L12, J4, F10, D12, N8, G15, K3, H3, I16, D5, J12) (D11, A1, O5, C15, J7, I1, F9, A11, G5, U6, L15, C2, R5) (O3, B8, M3, B12, K14, D10, L10, I13, O15, J2, E14, B15, N5, P6, C5, I12, A7, K16, H4, L6, E1, C12)

The cache is a small sized container in a camouflage bag and has room for travel bugs and swaps. Please make sure that you rehide it well.

Don't forget to bring some bread along for the ducks!