The co-ordinates at the top are not those of the cache, but refer to an area where short term parking is available
AudnJohn thank those who have used this theme for similar challenges which gave them the inspiration for this cache. (In other words, they pinched their idea !)
To find the true co-ordinates involves solving a coded message. However, I must Playfair and confess that the message is actually written in the form of a cipher, which reads:
LG BJ BD JL HY TL OF GR DI NR LX JA PG TZ LU US BD AN FI LX ON JN JA HO WF IY BZ NJ RF PN AX FV LU EX TN NV TN NV TN IK MT JB AX NJ LX ON JN JA HO WF EL GI TZ BL GI TZ BL VF PL RK TL RF RB FR SH GW JA RJ TL BN IE AN BR RM TL GY JL FM NO HP NK LG ZA PL
To crack the code it is essential that you remember the important role played by the radar station at the nearby village of Poling in the Battle of Britain
By modern standards the cipher is rather crude and it was rejected by the British Foreign Office when it was first developed because of its perceived complexity. When a demonstration was offered suggesting that three out of four boys in a nearby school could learn to use it in 15 minutes, the Under Secretary of the Foreign Office responded, "That is very possible, but you could never teach it to attachés". It was eventually used for tactical purposes by British forces in the Second Boer War and in World War I and for the same purpose by the Australians during World War II.
The cache is a small brown tape camouflaged box approx 150mm x 150mm x 75mm containing a FTF badge with room for small swaps, TB’s, Geocoins, etc.
The cipher will be familiar to some of you but to others it could be a bit of a challenge, so if anyone is having trouble with the solution, please email me and I'll try to point you in the right direction.
Good luck . . . . or should that be "CR FC ES KV" !!