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Sea to shining Sea Multi-cache

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Dave and Vicky: Time has moved on and while this challenge is still there we will no longer be monitoring it.
Thanks to everyone who has enjoyed it - and remember it is still there.

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Hidden : 8/16/2003
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

A series of virtual caches reaching from coast to coast.

This is a multi-virtual cache. It is spread out across the breadth of Britain and all the caches are close to Wainwright's classic Coast to Coast long distance footpath.

Once you have found the answers to all of the clues email them to us via the Geocaching website to claim the full cache.

I set this challenge in late July while I was doing the Coast to Coast walk. It took me 12 days ... but then I was walking!!

Clue 1
54°N 29.451 003°W 36.636

You can see 9 of these from this point. What are they?

Clue 2
54°N 31.740 003°W 24.390

The gate by the National Trust sign ... how many spikes on the top?
The zero at the end of the northing and the westing are because I took the position as a man-overboard waymarker ... sorry I can't be more accurate.

Clue 3
54°N 31.627 002°W 35.159

What year was this impressive stone removed from the ground?

Clue 4
54°N 24.215 002°W 09.998

What are the last 4 numbers in the red box?

Clue 5
54°N 24.307 001°W 44.669

What is the date and event recorded on the obvious yellow disk?

Clue 6
54°N 24.960 001°W 12.070

What is the 4 figure number of this trig point?

Clue 7
54°N 26.970 001°W 09.449

Safety First? How many miles to London?

Clue 8
54°N 26.012 000°W 49.866

Looking due north, how many boundary stones can you see?

Clue 9
54°N 25.820 000°W 31.936

Which year was the Turn of The Tide?

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Irel qvssvphyg gb tvir fcbvyref ... ubjrire, gjb bs gur nafjref ner ba lryybj qvfxf svkrq bagb gur fvqrf bs ohvyqvatf.

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)