Hector's Hideaway Multi-Cache
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This cache has been placed for the event Spring Caching in the
Highlands 2007 please do not look for / log until Saturday 21st
April 2007 :) The inital co-ordinates are NOT the cache, but
represent further parking in Dingwall. Please use the waypoints
below.
HECTOR MACDONALD
MEMORIAL
Dingwall
Hector
MacDonald was born in 1853 at Rootfield, on the Black Isle and
served his apprenticeship as a draper in Dingwall. He joined the
Gordo
n Highlanders
as a private in 1870 and rose to the rank of Major General, an
altogether amazing feat. He served with distinction in the Sudan,
where he conquered the Dervishes, (thus avenging General Gordon),
and in India. He was eventually knighted by King Edward VII on 13
May 1901.
His glittering
career was blighted in 1903 when grave charges were brought against
him, resulting in his suicide in Paris on 25 March 1903.
He 
was buried in
Edinburgh without the military honours he so richly
deserved.
The Hector
MacDonald Memorial, erected in honour of our local hero, was
finally opened on 23 May 1907, having been funded through
public subscription. It stands in an imposing position on
Mitchell Hill, overlooking Dingwall. Views extend in all
directions, most especially across the firth to Rootfield, where
this amazing man’s story began.
This cache
visits memories of a number of other notable local people who now
lie here. Some of them, such as Sandy Macrae, the last Provost of
Dingwall, will feature in new caches to be placed soon. In the
meantime, take a few moments to browse the rich and varied history
and culture illustrated by the headstones here.
To
find the cache, collect the information at the waypoints below, and
transpose the data to the following co-ordinates:
N
57
(A-(BOOKxC))/BOOK.(BOOKxBxD)+(CHAPTERx(E-C))+E+C+BOOK W
00CHAPTER B.(AxD)+(E-D)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Orgjrra fbzr ebpxf naq n fbsgjbbq
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