The clues for this cache can be found on the roads and footpaths
around Hamptonne.
Hamptonne is well worth a visit, but is closed during the
winter. More details about it can be found here. Although run by the Jersey
Heritage Trust, Hamptonne is owned by the National Trust for Jersey
which means that those visitors who are members of a National Trust
which has a reciprocal arrangement with the National Trust for
Jersey can get in free (this includes members of the British
National Trusts).
The co-ordinates given above are for the suggested parking place
for this cache, a grassed area by the side of the road at the north
of Waterworks Valley. The clues can be collected, and the cache
found, on a pleasant walk from here, which should not take more
than an hour. All the clues can be found within a few feet of
roads, although the final cache is a little further from the road.
If you use footpaths as well as roads to find the clues you can
avoid some doubling back on yourself. There are couple of hills on
the route.
This cache used to use clues from information boards situated at
the start and at Location 2. Since the cache was published these
boards have been removed. Until such time as the boards are
returned, the clues to the final cache have been rewritten so that
Location 2 is no longer needed. However, it is still recommended
that you park at the cache co-ordinates. If you walk via Location
2, you can collect the answers to the two remaining clues on a
pleasant circular (or Q-shaped) walk, incorporating a footpath.
The clues can be found at the following locations (decide for
yourself the best route between them):
Location 1. N 49° 13.448' W 002° 08.157'
Location 2. N 49° 13.606' W 002° 08.013'
Location 3. N 49° 13.407' W 002° 08.125'
At Location 1, note down the date that appears above the large
archway. Call this Date 1. The digits of this date are ABCD.
At Location 3, note down the date above the door of the
building. Call this Date 3. The digits of this date are EFGH.
The co-ordinates of the cache are N 49 13.nnn W 002 07.www.
Work out the three-digit number nnn as follows:
nnn = [(Date 3 - Date 1) x D] - (D + G).
Work out the three-digit number www as follows:
www = [(Date 3 - Date 1) x B x H] - A
The cache is a medium-sized tupperware box with the usual
swaps.