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IOW Connection #5 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/21/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the above coordinates.
 
A series of caches about people who have a connection with the Isle of Wight.
 
 


I lived and worked in Wales for 13 years before returning to London.
I married a second time in St George’s, Hanover Square.
The same year, I purchased a plot of land on the Island and started building my home there.
I was an innovative and prolific pioneer in the use of the Picturesque.
I designed a well-known arch.
I am buried on the Island.
 
To find the cache, answer the following:
 
1. The day I was born – AB
 
2. The year I married a second time – CDEF
 
3. How many acres of land did I purchased on the IOW – GH
 
4. The month I died - J
 
The cache is at:
 
N50 (J-C)A.(B-F)E(G+J)  W001 (F-D)H.(E-C)J(D+A)

Please take a pen, just in case...
Note: The cache is accessible from both sides but it's better to go by the PROPER FOOTPATH and you won't have any need to climb the barbed wires.
 
 
Check your coordinates
 
 
 


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ZGG Ab arrq gb pyvzo bire gur oneorq jver srapr ohg gurer vf fbzr ba gur tebhaq (juvpu jnf abg gurer ng gvzr bs cynprzrag..), pbirerq jvgu qrnq jbbq. Cyrnfr xrrc gur jbbq gurer

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)