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Hailes Platform Station Mystery Cache

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Lorgadh: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Karen
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Hidden : 5/17/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is placed along the water of Lieth Walkway, and yet another addition to the Water of Lieth 'Cache series'. The cache is not at the above coordinates, but is, as usual, close by . The posted coordinates are for one end of this old station. See if you can figure out which side the platform was on...

Hailes Platform Station is the first Station of 5 along the 'Balerno Loop' - a loop from Slateford that ran all the way up to Balerno before re-joining the main line at Ravelrig, and which is now the Water of Lieth Walkway. The purpose of the Loop was to serve the Mills that were located beside the Water of Leith and on Saturday, 1st August 1874, the Balerno branch railway was eventually opened to all traffic.

This is the 4th cache in the series, and as usual, you have to solve a puzzle to get the final coordinates. If you have a fair knowledge of maths , then you may recognise the puzzle fairly easy..... So, here it is:

The cache can be found at:

N 55° 54.X’ W 003° 15.Y’ where:

X = 4p + p/2 + p/6 - p/90

Y = 2p + 4p/3 - 2p/45

Note: p = radians

You can check the answer to this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

The GPS reception may be a bit bad, so hopefully the clue should help. Please make sure the cache is put back properly, and please don't give any hints or tips in your log so that everyone can enjoy the hunt!

Enjoy!

The caches in the series so far are...

1) GC1G8T1 - Colinton Station
2) GC1P6GQ - Craiglockhart Station
3) GC26VF7 - Morningside Road Station
4) GC28PJ7 - Hailes Platform Station

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Cache]: gnxr bhg gur zvqqyr ybt; pnpur vf haqre onex

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)