Horsley boasts one of the most attractive village churches in the
county, sitting on a hill, set amongst flowers and trees. Dedicated
to St. Clement and St. James, it serves the communities of Coxbench
and Kilburn. It dates back from the 13th century but has been
restored and altered much over the years.
The co-ordinates above are not for the cache, but for available
parking. To find the location of the cache you will need to visit a
number of locations around the church grounds collecting
information, using the pictures above.
Each picture shows the church, taken from a different angle around
the church grounds. However, the co-ordinates for these locations
are not disclosed! Your task is to find where the pictures were
taken and gather information from the sites to answer the questions
below.
Picture A: In which county did this curious man study?
Answer: NUMCHARS* = a
Picture B: What year was this homely person born? Answer:
180b
Picture C: How old was this person, who dreaded everything,
when they died? Answer: cd
Picture D: When was this hunter-gatherer born? Answer:
October 6th 181e
Using this information, you can now find the cache, located at
N52° 59.uvw W001° 26.xyz. The cache is a black 35mm film
canister containing a logbook but NO pen.
u = c - d
v = e/(a – 3)
w = b/1
x = a – d
y = b – a + d
z = 36/a
(Sum of final co-ordinates equals 62)
* number of letters in the name.
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If anybody would like to expand to this series
please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know
first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid
duplication.
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