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#1 Whiteley Walk Letterbox Hybrid

This cache has been archived.

Mario McTavish: This has been a good series with some interesting DT ratings amongst them.

Unfortunately I've been asked by Hampshire Countryside Services to remove the majority of the caches as theyve decided to remove the permission granted for cache placement.

Thanks to all the finders over the years. The container has been removed.

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Hidden : 9/6/2016
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A walk around the woods of Whiteley.

There aren't enough Letterbox Hybrid caches down South so I decided to set a series of them around the woods of Whiteley.

Each cache contains a stamp attached to the log book, please leave it in the cache as it is required for the Letterbox cache type. However you will need to bring your own stamp pad. I decided against leaving them in the caches as they can be prone to leaking


This is a little stroll of 5.5 miles.

Most of the caches are placed for easy access but there is one or two that may require something a little more extreme. Check the individual attributes and ratings on each cache for more details. When I first placed the caches the area was pretty boggy, especially on one stretch near the power station. When I went back some time later it was STILL muddy, so be warned that you may wish you'd worn wellies.

Some Useful Information.

Some caches may require something a bit more physical - tree climbing at caches #8, #11, #19 and possibly #15 (depending how tall you are)

There is the occasional bit of backtracking on the series, a necessity of proximity guidelines and available routes. You'll need to backtrack from #10 back to the trailhead waypoint listed on that cache to get to #11.

Once you've found cache #17, the next closest (on your GPS or smartphone) may not be #18, so watch for that, there's no need to go blundering through the undergrowth.

Once you've found #23, head back to the big beech tree then follow the path and take the next small track on the right to make your way to #24

Once you've found #25, head back up the hill and through the stile/entrance to the final cache #26.

It's a long walk from #26 back to the start. This is due to the guidelines required for placing caches in FC land in Southern England

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ZGG ol srapr

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)