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, #2010, 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 final bit of information for the coordinates.
- The Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupts multiple times over a period of 3 months; the microscopic ash propelled in the air grounds flights across much of Europe for most of the the Spring. The first eruption occurred on 2A day of March.
- TV soap Coronation Street celebrated its 50th anniversary with an episode depicting a tram crash which killed off two regular cast members. The subsequent episode, broadcast live, aired on B day of December.
- The Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, officially opens a few days into the decade on the C day of January
- The Chilean mining accident occurs on 5th August, when the cave collapses and traps miners 5 kilometres below ground. The subsequent rescue effort lasts for 69 days, with the men released on 13 October. The total number of miners that were trapped is 3D.
- The 2010 FIFA World Cup ran from 11th June to 11th July. The number of letters in the winning country = E
At the bridge (listed coordinates) you will see a number of brown wooden planks coming out of the ground on the field side of the bridge. The number of planks = F
The cache is at: N51° 25.ABC W002° 45.DFE
For the bonus: There is a stick with a bonus number inside the final cache.
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.