Sika Trail Multi (Dorset) Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

t.a.folk: Time to let this one go, following a maintenance visit last year very few of the original stages remain so it has lost its meaning.

There is no visible sign of the recent fire to the South.

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Hidden : 4/29/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A walk of about 3.5 Km around the Forestry Commission Sika Trail in Wareham Forest. This is an area of open heath , pine trees and views .Popular with walkers and cyclists

Around the edge of the car park there are picnic tables and ever decreasing number of seats along the route of the cache walk .
(2019 update ,now just one seat left along the cache route).

Cache placed with the knowledge of the Forestry Commission and in accordance with the GAGB Agreement. GAGB Agreement for the Forestry Commission New Forest and East Dorset
Please take time to read the agreement.
N.B. as part of this agreement it is not permitted to seek this cache during the hours of darkness.
Please do not leave any edible items

There is free parking, in the Forestry Commission Car Park at 50 42.216 002 08.023
PLEASE NOTE: CAR PARK GATES ARE LOCKED AT 7:00pm

There is no need to stray from tracks and paths to access the virtual stages. The cache is only a few paces from a waymarked path.

Stage 1 N 50 42.178 W 002 07.781
The number of bolts used to secure the back rest plank = A

Stage 2 N 50° 42.210 W 002° 07.549
Trail post. How many White arrows point horizontaly = B

Stage 3 N 50 42.382 W 002 07.481
Trail post .The number of vowels within the brackets = C

Stage 4 N 50 42.519 W 002 07.306
The bridge is "x" number of planks long. D = (x/4)-1
N.B. Do not include any of the side timbers or underneath timbers when counting "x".

Stage 5 N 50 42.565 W 002 07.463
Trail post .The Number of Cycles = E

Stage 6 N 50 42.646 W 002 07.528
Total number of diagonal bars used on the gates = F

Final stage
N 50 42.ADB W 002 07.(E+F)CA

Check Sum = 50

To reach the cache location from stage 5 there is a choice of path routes .
One route is mainly along a gravel tracks, and one mostly along a smaller waymarked path that can be muddy in places.The latter route shows another aspect to the scenery.
To reach the cache location from stage 6 there is a choice of path routes . One route is mainly along a gravel tracks, and one is along a smaller path that can be muddy in places. The latter route shows another aspect to the scenery.

For the mainly gravel track option return to stage 5 then initially follow the gravel track Westwards for most of the way.
The other route option is along a small, undulating dirt path that starts near the South West side of the gateway. This route can be muddy in places, but it is our preferred route because it gives a change of scenery boarding the wet woodland belt of deciduous trees.

To return to the car park from the cache return to the gravel track ,or go to gravel track, and either climb up a steep path up to a seat and then head to the car park ,or continue along the gravel that leads past the forestry buildings and out to the road.

update June 2019. The cache is a .9 Ltr plastic Clip and lock container marked Geo-cache,with a smaller clip lock inside because water keeps gettting in.
When replacing cache please ensure the container is completely covered with bark pieces .Please return cache towards the left hand end of the hint.

If you need to contact us please use email which we regulary check and not the new message thingy which we find difficult to use and rarely check (added November 2016)

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur haqre cvrprf bs onex oruvaq yrsg unaq raq bs fubeg sng cvar ybt srj cnprf hc sebz fznyy cngu .

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)


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