Square on the Hippopotamus Mystery Cache
bill&ben: This hasn't been found for 12 months, so time to go.
Square on the Hippopotamus
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All parts of this cache are reachable from public footpaths and bridleways. The micro cache is a 0.33 L box with a jigsaw inside. The final cache is a 0.33 L container containing small goodies and a log book.
There is parking for this cache outside St Mary’s Church, Reed at N52 00.204 W000 01.131.
Bill & Ben have always wanted to do a jigsaw based cache and the opportunity occurred whilst we were researching something else. The theme for the cache is geometry, specifically Pythagoras’ theorem. There is an intermediate cache containing a 2,500 year old jigsaw puzzle, which has the least significant digits of the cords for the final cache. Once solved, the final cache is a short distance away. You will find in the final cache a further puzzle which may give some food for thought. Copies of the end puzzle can be found on a web site given on the puzzle card.
The cache is an area around Gannock Grove, where the remains of a moat and mound can be found. For those who are interested, the internet gives the origin for the word Gannock as follows:-
"Certain lands in Reed, appendant to the manor of Sandon, were held by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's in the 10th century, and the latter were confirmed in their possession by King Athelstan in 939. (fn. 153) These lands are not recorded in the Domesday Survey in 1086, but they remained attached to the manor of Sandon (q.v.), which was subsequently called Gannocks Manor. In the 14th century the lands in Reed were also called Gannocks, (fn. 154) and were described as 30 acres of land held of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. (fn. 155) No record of these lands occurs after this time, but there still exist in the south of the parish a grove and green which bear the name of Gannocks."
From: 'Parishes: Reed', A History of the County of Hertford: volume 3 (1912), pp. 247-53. URL: (visit link) Date accessed: 09 August 2007.
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(Decrypt)
Svefg pnpur : Haqre ynetr ybtf whfg orsber gur oevqtr
Svany pnpur : Oruvaq onfr bs znal gehaxrq fznyy gerr
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