Ethel & Maude and the mysterious letter Mystery Cache
Icarus.: I think all who are going to solve this have done. Time to archive.
Ethel & Maude and the mysterious letter
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“North?” she questioned, not really listening as she carried on
pinning her faded, and slightly grey smalls to the already full
washing line. Ethel was talking to her next-door neighbour Maude,
over the rotting, but-I’ll-paint-it-anyway garden fence. It was a
lovely summer’s day and Ethel was making the most of it. “Yes!”
said Maude irritated now, “it’s the only direction you can go, when
you’re at the south pole”.
Maude’s son, Ferdinand, was on a polar expedition. 30 years old, or
so Maude liked to think, and still not sure just exactly what he
wanted out of life. Other than to be stuck at the south pole.
“When is he coming home?”, enquired Ethel. “That”, said Maude
matter of factly, “I’m not sure of, you see, he uses this satellite
thingy or some such device which turns what he says into a
tele-message”.
“A tele what?”, said Ethel flatly.
“A tele-message”, replied Maude, almost shouting now.
“Here, I’ll go and get it. See if you can make anything from it.
It’s all double Dutch to me”.
And with that she disappeared into the house, returning a few
minutes later with a piece of paper……
Initially, they had exchanged muddled ideas. She shrugged,
insisting, "Neither gold nor old silver are reward enough to help,
Ethel". Neither of our feeble ladies eventually thought to exercise
reason.
Surely initially now there’s hope enough. Would others realise?
Dear old Ferdinand travelled, ensuring xmas tidings survived. How
others would not believe? You too have enough presence of spirit.
In the ice of north or further toward home, everyone loves England.
To test everyone’s readiness, only now the hidden event kept
everyone yearning. But, oh, a real dilemma.
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Additional Hints
(Encrypt)
[Clue 1] Solving is hard, but very logical.
[Clue 2] Some of the text may be irrelevant
[Clue 3] You will need your keyboard for this! P=10=2. Y=6=9.
[Clue 4] Cache is located at the base of a fallen tree