Two Churches and a Cache (Canterbury) Multi-Cache
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Two Churches and a Cache (Canterbury)
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Situated on SH1 at Woodend. Information must be gathered at two WP’s to be able to calculate where the cache is hidden. This is a quick and easy multi-cache to do when traveling north or south on SH1.
WP1 St Barnabas Church. S43° 18.827 E172° 40.217
Fanny Buss mentioned in the cache ‘Adopt a Park’ is well known and respected for her illustrations of early Canterbury churches. One of her fine church drawings was of St Barnabas Woodend.
At the gate find the inscription ‘In memory of AM Judge Gresson”. What is the year?
Answer 1ABC
Walk a few metres along the path to the church. Find the foundation stone laid by Archbishop Julius. What is the date?
Answer is where Month = D, Year = 1 E F G
WP2 Woodend Methodist Church S43° 19.177 E172° 39.990
Entrance to the church facing the street.
What year is in the circle above the door?
Answer 1 H I J
How many foundation stones are there with the same date? Answer K
What is the date?
Answer Day = L M, Month = N, Year = 1 O P Q
Calculate S43° 1R.STU E172° VW.XYZ where
R = A + B
S = H – I – J
T = C x Q
U = L x M
V = N – O
W = E
X = D – P
Y = K
Z = F x G
These coordinates will take you to an area where there are native trees and shrubs.
The cache is a camo 200ml sistema container. The contents include log book, stash note, pencil, sharpener and a selection of swaps.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ba gur rqtr bs gur pyrnevat ng gur onfr bs n lbhat synk ohfu oruvaq n fgbar.
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