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Puerile Photo-cache No.3 - GETTING WOOD (Bucks) Multi-Cache

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Simply Paul: Too slow!

Thanks to Graham of the Jolly Green Giants for picking this cache up for me, and for all those who came and found it - and took some very funny photos. I love you all [:D]

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Hidden : 2/22/2004
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

My third 'Photo-cache' is again one for all you childish photographers (with vehicles under 6' 6" in height) out there.

Puerile Photo-cache No.3 - GETTING WOOD (Bucks)

Cock shoots what?...

Located in the esoterically named Cockshoots Wood, between Wendover and Great Missenden, is the above sign. It's about a mile up a narrow lane, sign posted 'Cobblers Hill' from the A413.

To log this cache properly you need to find the physical cache and take a photograph of the sign and post it with your log. If you can, please try to get yourself in the picture with your GPS. Your own interpretation of the sign in the form of impromptu street theatre would be nice, but please, don't get arrested. :-D

The Photo-Cache location is somewhere around:
N51° 43.785 / W000° 44.342

To find the physical cache from here, take the path up the hill, beyond the 'lone tree' in the car park. On the back of the first big tree you come to which projects onto the path you'll discover that someone loves someone else. Everyone say "Ahhh". Convert the initials (i LOVES ii) into numbers in the time honoured A=1, B=2, C=3, etc. way.

The Physical Cache location is:
N51° 43.(i-2)(i+2)(ii-11) / W000° 44.(ii x 2)(i-4)

To reach the physical cache - a small white-lidded tub which originally contained a pencil (now missing), logbook & notice, two candles, a party-popper, small PostIT™ type pad and a flyer for The Phoenix Trail (home of my ART OF THE PHOENIX TRAIL cache) - you'll need to use the footpath and 'Chiltern Way' route provided. Don't worry, you'll not have to walk very far. So, why not come over (f-narr) to Cockshoots Wood and see if you can find your target. Please note! The car park at the picnic area is a notorious 'Dogging Spot' (if you don't know what Dogging is I'm not going to tell you! Perhaps ask Stan Collymore?) so unless you fancy some unusual attention, I'd not do this as a NightCache.

Things to enjoy while searching for this cache:
You are looking for this tiny hidden treasure chest. I said Chest! Hehehe! Click here to see a larger version of this picture Because GPS signals get a bit random in this wood, here is a shot of the right spot. Get to work, digging like a dog (not a dogger!) Click here to see a larger version of this picture

While you're in the area, I suggest you try Dan Wilson's Heritage & Horror (Bucks) or InterMissendens by Brad Yuan & Steph Adler. They're both short drives away.

A small experiment - Please feel free to rate your visit to this cache out of ten in your log.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqqra va gur gjvfgrq gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)