Berkshire School Days 5: Ursa Major Mystery Cache
Berkshire School Days 5: Ursa Major
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This is the fifth in a series concerning Berkshire schools/colleges and their famous pupils. The coordinates above are not for the cache, but for another school in the vicinity, with no connection to what follows.
You are looking for a school and a former pupil (X), who boarded here during his/her early years.
X is the son/daughter of a former Conservative MP.
X’s maternal grandfather played 1st class cricket for Derbyshire and Middlesex, among others.
X spent some early years on a British island.
X is an adventure freak, and famously rowed naked for charity.
Notable former masters of the school include a Yorkshire cricket captain, and no less than two England football captains.
What year was X born? (ABCD)
What year was the school founder born? (EFGH)
Number of letters in X’s middle name. (J)
The cache can be found at:
N 51 (A + E)(D).(H)(C – J)(D)
W 000 ((D)(B).(A – E)(B)(F)
The checksum for the digits A to J = 44
Please note , Wikipedia gives two conflicting figures for the school founders' birth year. Please count H as 1
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
5 - 6 srrg hc va vil-pbirerq unjgubea.