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Rescue This & Save the World! Winter Geolympix '18 Letterbox Hybrid

Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Set for the 2018 Winter Geolympix, with permission from and help by the National Trust. If you intend to attempt an Icon or Letter/Box Challenge on the day of the Mega, you may want to leave this until then...

A Puzzle-style Letterbox/Hybrid which is NOT at the given co-ords. You'll need to solve the conundrum below to locate it.

The final cache is at (no repetition, no diagonals):
NESTZEDEGREEK
OWSUNROIFEVST
RTETIMEVIGIFH
SHIFFOREHTRI
ETOYTSETYSPUR
NUNEDEENIIOOT
IUOREGRTONTFY
MRFOZXISPEVIF


Or here's a table-version if that's easier to use:

N E S T Z E D E G R E E K
O W S U N R O I F E V S T
R T E T I M E V I G I F H
S H F I F F O R E H T R I
E T O Y T S E T Y S P U R
N U N E D E E N I I O O T
I U O R E G R T O N T F Y
M R F O Z X I S P E V I F


Failing that, see the graphic used for the background and shown below and linked at the bottom of the page. Some devices may struggle with displaying it. If so, use the plain-text version and write it out in a 13x8 square.

** Note: Available 10am to 5pm most days, 10am to 4pm Nov-Feb, and not at all on Boxing Day and Christmas Day **

Please DO NOT remove the stamp or ink pad. Neither is a swap - They make this cache a LetterBox/Hybrid. Thank you!

Please join us on Sun Aug 30th 2020 at
GC8C8C9 - GEOLYMPIX IV: STOWE 2020
"The Perfect Vision!"

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle and/or Cache:] Gbc yrsg [Extra Cache:] (Abj ybjre. Znl zbir. Abgr fvmr)

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)