This cache is inspired by Shakespeare's history Richard
The Third. A synopsis of the play as well as the full text
can be found here. There are several film versions - a funky one with Ian McKellan and a
traditional one with Laurence Olivier.
Like all the Shakespeare caches, you don't need to read the play
or see the movie to find this cache. You will, however, need to do
some research on the web to get the final coordinates.
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"Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious
summer by this son of York;"
(Act I, Scene I) |
With an opening line like that, it reminded me that with summer
coming quickly, it was time to place another cache. This is my
favorite Shakespeare play. I've seen it many times, but my absolute
favorite production was the finale of the Wars of the
Roses series performed by the English Shakespeare
Company during their 1988 world tour. Seven of Shakepeare's
histories - 21+ hours - performed in a single weekend!
The Puzzle
In the play, Richard has several people imprisoned and once
imprisoned, has them murdered. His two youngest victims were his
two nephews, Edward V of England and
Richard of Shrewsbury. In order to solve this
puzzle, you'll have to find the exact location (in
degrees, minutes, and seconds) of the
cell where the princes were imprisoned and
murdered. You will find no further information in the play
that will help solve this puzzle. You'll need to do some
research.
The coordinates of the prison cell
are North AB° CD' EF" West GHI° JK' LM".
The final coordinates for the cache are
North 42° 5M.MDJ West 071° CB.FBF.
[Historically, there is no proof that Richard actually had
these two murdered or that they were, in fact, murdered. They
simply, and conveniently for Richard, disappeared. There is also no
historical evidence that they were imprisoned at this exact
location, but traditionally, this is the location of their
cell.]
Please Note
- I used Google Earth to get the coordinates of the cell.
Other tools may give slightly different results. If you cannot use
Google Earth and you can describe the exact location of the cell,
I'll gladly give you the coordinates that I used.
- The cache a short walk from parking, but does require a small
amount of bushwhacking.
- The cache is a 6 cup lock & lock container.
- This cache will be hard to find with more than a few inches of
snow on the ground - the winter of our discontent.
- This cache was published at the Bread & Roses II Geo-Event - made glorious
summer by this angevine and NotThePainter.
- You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
- Good GPSr reception can be a challenge when foliage is on the
trees. Remember that you do not have to cross water to get the
cache. Use the hint if you must.
- I am always willing to give as much help as
needed to solve my puzzles. puzzles are meant to be solved, caches
are meant to be found.