Henry's Hever Cache Mystery Cache
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A quiz themed on Henry VIII will get you to the cache location just a short walk from the centre of Hever.
The coordinates given are for parking which is in the Hever Castle Over-flow car park normally accessible from the road on the same side of the bend as the pub car park. Alternative parking is available in a layby by Hever church or in the pub car park if you fancy a drink! You do not need to go onto the castle grounds or pay the castle entrance fee to do this cache. The coordinates given are approximately 200m from the cache location.
Answer the following clues to get the coordinates:
N51 AB.CDE E000 FG.HIJ
A: Catherine of Aragon was wife number A.
B: 4 minus the number of children Henry had who succeeded him.
C: The number of children Henry had with Catherine Howard.
D: Number of older brothers Henry had.
E: The end digit of the year of ‘The Field of the Cloth of Gold’.
F: Date of marriage to Ann of Cleves, January 6th 154F.
G: Number of the month (e.g January = 1) in which Henry was born.
H: Year Jane Seymour died was 153H.
I: Ann Boleyn’s cousin was wife number I.
J: Henry VIII died on January 28th 15J7.
Cache contents when placed:
Henry the Ape Travel Bug
Henry VIII & His Chopping Block book
London bus wallet
35mm film
Pooh notepad
Tic Tac Toe game
Elephant magnet
Thermometer magnet
Noisy toy
Keyring torch
Bubbles
Giraffe Magnet
Dolphin game
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
haqre gur cynaxf bs gur oevqtr nobhg unys jnl nybat