The following comes from a report on the local paper’s web site.
A family of giraffes has caused a stir among residents and school pupils in Send. The life-like animals, created using welded metal rings, were introduced to the village early in 2013.
“Parents with children park outside and we thought it would cheer them up going to school,” said the owners. “In today’s recession, where there are no smiles around, we thought we would put a smile on people’s faces. Everybody’s been photographing them. Up to 11pm we’ve had cars there because they’re lit by a streetlight. They look so real and we have put plants around them so eventually it will look like a jungle.”
The giraffes have been named Alfie, Grace and Lily and although they were bought in Chichester, they were hand made in Africa.
Unfortunately the baby one was stolen in early May 2013, and found in another garden about 6 miles away. It was put back in early June 2013 with added security, including CCTV, so smile please!
There is parking at the published coordinates, but you are advised to avoid school start and finish times and lunchtimes because of the number of vehicles parked there then, mainly mothers picking up infant school children. Please be careful of the road - it is fairly quiet apart from the above times, but it is a road.
Note that the giraffes are on private property. Please respect the owner’s privacy. You do not have to go onto the property. There is no need for a torch at night as there is a street lamp right there.
The cache is a simple offset. It will be found about 200m away from the giraffes
at N 51 (A-B)(D-B).(D+A-B)(A+B)C W 000 A(C-A).(D-C)(A+B+C)(A-B)
A = Number of words in house name plate on fence in front of giraffes
B = Number of letters in first word on plate under the mailbox on the house gate post
C = Number of letters in second word on plate under the mailbox on the house gate post
D = Number of letters in street name (behind you as you look at the giraffes)
Congratulations to Ten Miles Max for being first to find.