A is for Albury
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Albury is a village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, about 4 miles south-east of Guildford town centre. The village is within Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A very pretty village where one of the most striking features are the ornate chimneys on many of the properties, notably the post office:
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These chimneys were insipred by the work of the architect Agustus Pugin's work at Albury Park Mansion for the Drummond Family between 1846 and 1853. Pugin's chimneys are based on Tudor era original designs.
However, this cache is not based in the village but around the sports field at Albury Heath a little way out of the village. If you get the opportunity I urge you to take a look at the chimneys and the rest of the lovely village on the way to or from the cache.
The Cache
Go to the published co-ordinates and you'll find a plaque marking the occasion one man stood here and talked to many other men. From the plaque, obtain the follwoing numbers:
A = The number of letters in the man's nickname
B = The number of letters in the final word on the plaque
with your back to the plaque you will see two benches very close by, one to your left and the other to your right
C = Number of letters in the second word on the bench on the left
D = Number of letters in the third word on the bench on the right
Head to the second waypoint N51 12.713 W0 29.163, another bench to the right of the pavilion
There is a plaque on the bench
E = Number of letters in the fifth word of line three
F = Number of letters in the third word of line three
Now off to the next waypoint, the interesting looking totem pole type thing you probably saw as you arrived - if not go to find it at: N51 12.636 W0 29.097
Seek the plaque on this and note:
G = sum of all the digits in the year shown on the plaque
H = number of letters in the last word on the top line
I = number of screws holding the plaque (or, if any have fallen out, the number of screws that the plaque originally had holding it on!)
The cache can be found a short walk away at:
N51 12.A(I+C)E W0 28.(F+D)(E-I)(H-G+B-D)
Please unscrew the top of the container rather than trying to remove the entire container.
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Bonus Cache
Bonus numbers will be present in some of the caches in the series, collect these numbers as you will need to use them should you wish to find the series bonus '* - Bonus Cache - Surrey A-Z'