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War Memorial #1885 ~ Symington Multi-cache

Hidden : 5/11/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This is a simple offset multi cache located in the village of Symington, South Lanarkshire.

An obelisk style war memorial commemorates those from the village of Symington who lost their lives in both World War I and World War II. The war memorial is located outside the village hall, on a crossroads in the village. Best parking for the war memorial can be found on Kirk Bauk, which is where the war memorial can be accessed from.

The final cache is a short drive away due to the built-up nature of the village. The cache can be found at N 55 3A.ABC W 003 3D.EFG, where:

A = Number of letters in the second word of the third line on the memorial.

B = Number of letters in the surname of the captain who was killed in WWII.

C = Number of letters in the first name of the first person listed on the WWII section of the memorial.

D = From the WWII section of the memorial, Dth Seaforth Highlanders.

E = Number of people named Alexander commemorated here.

F = Number of people named Joseph commemorated here.

G = Number of people named John commemorated here.

Checksum: A+B+C+D+E+F+G = 26

The cache is a 50ml tube with a logbook and pencil. Please recover well after finding.


***** PLEASE NOTE IMPORTANT *****
CACHES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE PLACED ON ACTUAL MEMORIALS OR WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF SUCH

AT ALL TIMES PLEASE TREAT LOCATIONS OF MEMORIALS WITH RESPECT


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgvpxbsyntr va pebbx bs ynetr gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)