Men of the Sea (Bristol)
A cache by JRI Hidden: 8/26/2006
Size:  (Small) Difficulty: Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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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!
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Friendly squirrel near the cache.
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January 24 by kevvie (1 found) our very first cache, i knew some of the answers before starting out, filled out log, took a penny whistle, left a magnifying glass, hopeed to leave the whistle at the next cache but dnf it, will try again one day. good walk on a nice day.
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January 19 by bikeorslk (227 found) On a business trip to Bristol and some free hours? - CACHING!I started this on the day before, but as my hotel was in direct vicinity and I was tired, I interrupted and I was unsure to find the Final the next day. Yes - there was another chance, but it was already dark - and it was even darker when I arrived. As a scary gift, a fox crossed my way in the cone of my torch... An interesting cache, very educative for visitors from abroad. Thank you for that. Greetings from Buxtehude, Germany Carsten
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November 22, 2009 by Leonards193 (170 found) Well, it was raining, windy and quite cold, but we got the clues and headed off... we knew where the final one would be as we had previously found a nearby cache on a much warmer day... We popped in to The Georgian house to warm up, free entry, and then found the cache . Thanks for the great clues search at the beginning, and the final location too. I would recommend cachers visiting Bristol for the first time do this one, as they will find it educational and get to see some of the sights too! TFTC left travel bug
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November 22, 2009 by davotek (64 found) Really enjoyed this, TFTC!
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November 8, 2009 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
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 11:58:41 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (7:58 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/24/2010 9:35:39 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (5:35 PM GMT)
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