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RIDGEWAY RUN - Tring Thing Multi-Cache

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Simply Paul: As Queen sung, Another One Bites the Dust. Thanks to Norfolk12 for collecting this up for me, and to everyone who came to do it. Not the easiest box to find, so well done to everyone who managed it. Tring Thing... I think I love you. But not enought to keep you.

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Hidden : 5/15/2005
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Ridgeway National Trail is an 85 mile long path, following a prehistoric chalk ridge route. It runs from Ivinghoe Beacon near Aylesbury to Overton Hill near Avebury. All sections can be walked and others, listed as Bridleways, can be cycled and ridden too. This series of caches was placed as a power trail to draw responsible cachers to this amazing and ancient right of way.
Cache Size: FULL SIZED, WITH PEN AND LOGBOOK
Instructions: THIS CACHE IS BEST DONE WALKING AWAY FROM IVINGHOE BEACON, AND DOES REQUIRE A BIT OF A HIKE. AT THE ABOVE LOCATION YOU'LL FIND A SIGN. YOU NEED TO COLLECT THE LETTERS WHICH APPEAR CLOSEST TO EACH OF ITS CORNERS. CONVERT THESE LETTERS INTO NUMBERS IN THE USUAL WAY - A=1, B=2, C=3, ETC. ADD ANY TWO DIGIT NUMBERS TOGETHER.
Final location: N51° 46.(BR)(TR)(TL) W000° 39.(((TR+BR)x(TLxTR))-BL)(BR)
Note: THE BOTTOM RIGHT LETTER ISN'T AN S
TL = TOP LEFT, BR = BOTTOM RIGHT, ETC.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g urqtr lbhe orgf, lbh pna onax ba guvf pnpur

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)