What a decade! Numbers 2010 to 2019 in the Little Bridges Series are puzzling Letterbox Hybrids that reflect on events of the last decade. There is a bonus- Little Bridge #2020 - if you grab them all! The bridges are dotted around Backwell, Nailsea, Wraxall and Long Ashton.
You will need to physically visit each bridge- some of the bridges for the numbers for the coordinates, and some of the bridges for the numbers for the bonus. This is clearly marked out on each cache page.
There is bonus information for each Little Bridge - either at the bridge or in/on the cache- which you will need to collect to work out the coordinates for the bonus, Little Bridge #2020.
The events aren’t in chronological order: they’re in coordinate-gathering-numerical order!
‘__ day of month’ refers to the date number that an event occurred on. For example the 1 Day of January would mean that the corresponding letter (in red) would equal 1 in the formula.
For this bridge, #2013, you will need to work out the numbers from the events listed below; the final hide is not at the bridge. You will need to visit the bridge itself to get the information for the final. The bonus information is engraved on the base of the container.
• The 2 millionth geocache, GC46N4E, goes live in Australia, published on the 2A day of February
• Pope Benedict XVI unexpectedly announced his resignation on the 1B day of February; the first Pope in modern times to resign.
• A moon orbiting Neptune is discovered, subsequently named Hippocamp, on the C day of July
• South African revolutionary and president Nelson Mandela dies on the D day of December, aged 95.
• The number of letters in Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year for 2013 = E
On the bridge, you will see some ‘bolts’ that connect the walkway (see photo in gallery for clarification). The number of these bolts on the walkway of the bridge = FG
N51° 26. (F+B+C) B C
W002° 44. (A-E) (D-G) G
There is a small stamp in each of the caches, in order for it to qualify as a Letterbox Hybrid. This is NOT a swap item and MUST remain in the cache. Each stamp is a different design and you’ll need to bring your own ink if you intend to use it. Thank you!
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing run by Bloodsock, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here:- https://littlebridgesseries.wordpress.com/ . If you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan on stanthews@aol.com and he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xxxx then the name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.