De Vere Trail C11 Mystery Cache
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This is the bonus ‘puzzle cache’ of the Castle Hedingham De Vere Trail C. The cache is a small and the site accessible from the last cache by road and is nearby the recommended parking area. The site is not busy but it may be difficult to (a) find the cache and (b) retrieve it without being seen. The co-ordinates given are for the parking nearby, see below for puzzle details.
The De Vere trail C is the third in a series placed around Castle Hedingham, the village I grew up in. The first series took you round the Colne Valley Railway, the second went around Hedingham Castle, and this third series takes you south of the village on a circular walk; crossing the old Colne Valley & Halstead Railway, climbing from the river valley around 40 ft up towards Purls Hill past the clay pits, and back down Aldeford St towards the village. Suggested parking for this trail is at the Memorial Hall (n51 59.379 e0 35.845). The series consists of 10 caches with a clue in each cache, which gives you the location of the final bonus puzzle cache. Just while laying this series out we saw a muntjac deer and a fox (in the same field at the same time!) and there are some lovely views north to the castle. WARNING: There are some small road sections on this trail with no footpath, but these are minor roads with very little traffic.
You should have collected 10 letters from the 10 caches on this trail. Those letters (in order) give you a name. Find that person at the site of cache C10, and note the year they departed this mortal coil. The first number is A, the second number is B and the fourth number is C. The co-ordinates of the puzzle cache are N CA° C(A+B).373 E 000° 3C.B0(A+B). The site is overshadowed by trees so the co-ordinates are as good as I can get them. If you're stuck, check the hint. This site may have muggles, so stealth may be required to retrieve the cache!
I hope you all enjoy the cache series, which was laid specially for the “Ding Dong it's in The Bell” event (GC1WWAF)
Additional Hints
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