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Arguably the hardest bonus cache in the UK... Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/20/2008
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Not at the published coords, which are for a pub. This is the bonus cache of the Screen Stars Puzzle circuit.


Is the title justified? As well as solving this puzzle, you have to solve 11 other moderate difficulty puzzles and find the caches, along with 4 other trads, around a 6-mile circular walk. Certainly, it is a very tough challenge. The terrain rating is given mainly for the length of the walk.

For more about the puzzle circuit click on the link below.

SS Puzzle Circuit

The large cache box is full of goodies, initially including a copy of an enjoyable caching novel written by local cacher parmstro, and the logbook contains some very useful hints for one of my most difficult and least-solved puzzles.

To complete this bonus, you will need to go around the circuit anticlockwise heading south from the Wotton Hatch, past the magnificent oak tree at N 51 12.884 W 000 23.276.

In each of the 11 puzzles on the circuit, plus 4 "interstitial" traditional caches, there will be a coded message in the geocheck or cache page. Decode these messages in sequence and you should be able to find the bonus cache.

To check that you have the right information to decode the clues, you need to solve the current puzzle. It has very little to do with movies or movie stars.

Bonus Puzzle

When you have solved this puzzle you should be able to decode the message below, and so work out a password (lower case, no spaces; as usual).

[A1,3,1][B2,1,2][C1,1,1][C4,2,3][F2,2,1][M6,1,5] [M7,1,2][L1,1,2][M2,2,7][B1,4,2][B3,2,1][B3,2,11][C3,2,1]

Click here to go to password page

The clues in each of the caches will be coded in the same way.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pnpur: zbffl, whfg jrfg bs cngu chmmyr: ab zber whfg lrg

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)