Men of the Sea (Bristol)

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In South West England, United Kingdom

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At the posted location in the centre of Bristol you will find clues to give you the co-ordinates for the final cache, which is a short walk away.

The co-ordinates are for the statue of Neptune in Bristol city centre. Between there and the edge of the dock you will find the answers to the following questions:

Which year did Neptune move to Victoria Street? Answer = 18ba
What year was "The Sailors' Friend" born? Answer = c8de
Which year did he go to parliament? Answer = 18g8
Sebastian set sail with his dad in which year? Answer = 1h9j
Which year did the trail named in honour of the father open? Answer = 19f2. Add together the digits of the day it opened to give k.

Cache is located at: N51 ab.de(k+2) W002 fg.(h+1)(c-1)(j+1)

Checksum: a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+j+k = 42

Once you've worked out the final destination, the cache should be in a public place, a leisurely 15 mins walk away. It is a camoflaged plastic fruit jar. Aside from a logbook and pen, it originally contained:

• Magnetic clip
• Mini toolkit keyring
• Extending keyring
• Nail varnish and nail tattoos
• Stickers
• Squishy egg
• Geonut geocoin
• Show Me the Way to Go Home travel bug

Happy hunting!

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

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)

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Cache Logs

November 8 by Wallace and Dorris (46 found) found with weekers, who was hobbling by the end of a long weekend of caching... nicley hidden, easily found cache and a nice walk to get there :) TFTC [view this log]

November 8 by Weekers (31 found) Really enjoyed this one, although the GPS did initially say that the final cache was 300km away! Found by Wallace with some risk of injury due to the slipperiness! Took Mini travelbug. TFTC! [view this log]

November 7 by keehotee (1321 found) Fund with *mouse* - and some tree rats TFTC [view this log]

November 7 by *mouse* (1278 found) Bug Drop! [view this log]

November 7 by *mouse* (1278 found) Found this cache this morning while caching in the city centre. Had great fun at the final location - the local residents are incredibly friendly! Dropped off a travel bug, TFTC. [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 11:13:10 AM
Last Updated: 11/14/2009 6:37:35 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum