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Tim & Jon's 1st Re-Stashed (UK's 3rd oldest/Eng#2) Traditional Cache

Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache leads to the UK's Oldest Puzzle Cache, GC18BC!

About 10 miles north of the M25, near Berkhampstead in Ashridge Park, this stash's area is probably best reached by car or bike. It's in easy terrain, although it can get extremely muddy, so wear appropriate footgear.


Now the 8th oldest in Europe, 3rd oldest cache in the UK & the 2nd oldest in England!
An Historic Geocache - Classed as 'Ancient' (2001)
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It may take some trekking through mud and goop (again lots of horseback riders here), but we think it's worth it. Hopefully you'll see some nice trees but flat terrain - The park is well used by walkers and is mature open woodland. The signal is reasonable at most times.

There are some beautiful trees in this area - Beech and oak - The cache is stashed under the stump of one of these felled trees (you should probably decrypt the message below). This is the second [now third] cache here as the first vanished! It's [was] now a small cup shaped container with a blue lid. Here is the original description for nostalgia's sake! - 'You will have to search for the container which is a small red screw together plastic tube . It is sealed at the joint in the middle with Duct tape so try to re use it when you visit.' Here is a pic of me and Pid finding the original in '02...



The container is under the prominent tree roots, but hidden from casual passers by.  Try not to draw attention to yourselves when visiting the site as I said the park is very popular with walkers, especially at the weekend.

A little more nostalgia - 'Inside, we put some items for both kids and adults. Don't forget to sign the log book which is a bit primitive at the moment!'

May 2017 update:
This cache has a special claim to fame: It has the earliest log on a live cache in the UK. onyx found this one on Saturday February 3rd 2001; their first find. See GC5XXWX - Britain's Oldest Log for further stats 'n' facts. It's close by too...

May 2015 update (updated Feb '19):
I discovered at this month's First GPSMaze in Germany (2nd in Europe, after Prague in 2013) that this cache is one of the 10 oldest in Europe!
1 GC43 - Europe's First - Ireland (archived, dearchived, rehidden!)
2 GC40 - Geocache - Belgium.
3 GC4D - Mash Stash - Sweden.
4 GC6A - Kippers in the Jungle (Denmark's First)
5 GC72 - Sun Gear - Finland.
6 GCF0 - Scotland's First. (UK's oldest, only surviving Millenium cache from 2000)
Former 7 GC103 - High Tension in the Bog - Denmark. ARCHIVED!
7 GC171 - View From Coombe Hill (near-by! England's oldest cache.)
8 GC177 - Tim & Jon's 1st Re-Stashed - HERE!
9 GC198 Amsterdam Urban 1- Netherlands.
10 GC1c6 First Dutch- Netherlands.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx haqre gur ebbgf bs gur ynetr fghzc ba gur rnfg fvqr (gbjneqf gur genpx haqre gur yrnirf gung uvqr vg sebz trareny ivrj)

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)