WHAT THE
DICKENS?
This cache is a water and air tight container
hidden inside a camo bag.. You will need
to know your Dickens to answer the questions below. The cache
itself should be pretty easy to find once you have the co
ordinates. There are usually horses in the field and you may see a
couple of geese on the pond. There is a small parking spot, just
big enough for one car at N52 27.069 W001 33.525.
N52
then:
Charles Dickens was
born to
John and Elizabeth Dickens. What number of their children was
he?
When he was 12 years
old, how many shillings a week was he paid
working at
Warren
's Blacking Factory wrapping shoe-black bottles?
One of his novels
features Mrs Jellyby and Squod and was considered one of his finest
works. What number
novel was this?
embarked on a career with the navy which pleased his father very
much. He got into debt, asking his father for financial aid which
Dickens finally refused. He died at sea aboard the
Malta
. What number of
Charles’ ten children was
Sydney
?
Last digit of the year in which Walter Landor Dickens, their fourth
child, was born
W001 then:
Add together the
number of letters in Dickens’ thirteenth novel multiply by 2 and
subtract 1 to get your first two co-ordinates
This book, written
in 1
859, tells the story of two men, Charles
Darnay and
Sydney
Carton, who are in love with the same
woman, Lucie
Manette. It centres on the years leading up
to the French
Revolution. What is the number in the
title?
Number of letters in the name of the orphan who
was
brought up by his abusive sister and her husband, Joe Gargery, the
kindly village blacksmith.
Magwitch, an escaped
convict, is also a character in this book.
Charles Dickens died in 187_