The Story
Old Man Willow finds his origins in J.R.R. Tolkiens “The Lord of
The Rings”:
The hobbits have just left the Shire and are wondering through the
Old Forest, a bit lost, when they come upon a river…
In the midst of it there wound lazily a dark river of brown
water, bordered with ancient willows, arched over with willows,
blocked with fallen willows, and flecked with thousands of faded
willow-leaves.
It is here that they come upon Old Man Willow…
He lifted his heavy eyes and saw leaning over him a huge
willow-tree, old and hoary. Enormous it looked, its sprawling
branches going up like reaching arms with many long-fingered hands,
its knotted and twisted trunk gaping in wide fissures that creaked
faintly as the boughs moved.
You can read more about this mean old tree in “The Fellowship of
the Ring”, part one of “The Lord of the Rings”.
Cache, Clues and Codes
The cache is hidden in a Willow tree. The origional waypoints
were also hidden in Willow trees but we're lost. Now you'll have to
dodge golf balls. You will need a New Testament Bible to crack the
code at the waypoint. To get you ready for it, you will need to
look in Luke. Any language Bible will do.
To find the chapter you will need, go to the listing
coordinates. You'll need to find four yellow signs. They're
numbered in series and it will be very easy to figure out what that
is. Add five to the last value in the series to get the chapter
number. Please note that the listing coordinates are for an
area, not a single spot, the more wondering around you do, the
more you'll see and the more fun you'll have.
S25°45.178' is not where the cache is, but add the number in
Luke x verse y, where x is the number revealed above and y is the
first number in the series. Simple stuff.
E028°14.abc is pretty useless as coordinates, unless you:
Replace a with the yth number from Luke x verse 13 plus the third
number in the sign series. You're almost there.
Replace b with the second number in Luke x verse 13.
Replace c with the sum of the second and third numbers in the
series.
Getting There
The Cache is hidden on the University of Pretoria Sports
Grounds, LC de Villiers. You will have to go through a boom gate to
get in, but don't need to pay anything. Note that sometimes special
events may hinder entrance. There is ample parking, near both the
cache and the waypoints, and there is also a resturant in the main
building. The gates open at 06h00 and close at 22h00 (Thanks to
Bjbez for this info).
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