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Haunting Halloween Multi-cache

Hidden : 10/25/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Thunder and lightning. Enter three WITCHES.

First Witch When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

Second Witch When the hurlyburly's done, When the battle's lost and won.

Third Witch That will be ere the set of sun.

First Witch Where the place?

Second Witch Upon the hill.

Third Witch There to meet with Geocachers.

First Witch I come, Graymalkin!

Second Witch Paddock calls.

Third Witch Anon.

ALL Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. Exeunt*

 

Dare you travel to the haunted castle on the hill (okay so it's a ruined church) and follow in the footsteps of the three witches?

Legend has it that witches once danced skyclad around the tree with the largest spreading branches here, before flying off to their couldren to make magic potions and spells to turn leaves into treasure. Follow the path they took and work some magic of your own, but be warned, on dark days it is said the witches cackles can still be heard echoing across the land.

 

The witches they did number three,

the number you need is not on the tree, (look for the resting place of mistress Susan Collip, alas not a witch)

then follow your nose to find the spell,

through the haunted witches dell,

down the lane of the makers with clay,

finding ingredients to point your way,

if you have followed true,

you will find a witches brew,

watch out for long nails that scratch,

trying keep you off their patch

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This is a 4 part multi cache, expect to walk around 1km to the final cache.

First stage is at N 52° 02.259 W 000° 24.550

Find the resting place of that goodly mistress Susan Collip and seek her year of birth. 2nd stage can be found at

 N52 02.DB(B-A)

  W00 24.(B-D)(A+C+D)C

 

from then you are on your own! (tweezers or similar may be useful)

Keep trades with the theme if possible.

Good Luck!

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*with apologies to Bill for liberties taken :-)

 

Congratulations to Pumpkin67 on a well deserved FTF and thankyou for the logs in rhyme, even tho they are better than mine :-)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pyhrf va gur eulzr, zvar abg Ovyyf

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)