Wetmoor Wood Multi-Cache
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This cache is located in Wetmoor Wood, a small nature reserve near Wickwar. Paths are clearly marked, there are numerous routes within the wood. Terrain is mostly quite flat, but the route to the cache does involve one short descent and ascent. It can be muddy any time of year. Plenty of places to park in the outskirts of the wood. GPS coordinates given are for a small parking area by a gate. Use the information board here to get the coordinates to proceed.
This multicache consists of 2 waypoints and the final cache location. The coordinates given are for a layby, which contains the information board you need to get to the second waypoint. The final cache is a ziplock tupperware-style box. Contents at start were as follows:
* "Pond skater" travel bug
* Kinder egg toy
* Lipstick case
* Penguin book and penguin
* Notebook and 2 pencils
* Swanee whistle
From the given coordinates, you need to use the information board to collect the following information:
1) What is the postcode of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Conservation Centre? Let the numbers in the postcode be AB (in order).
2) What is the size of the Lower Woods nature reserve in hectares? Let this be CDE
The coordinates you need for the next waypoint are therefore:
N51 35 ab0
W002 22 0de
When you get to the waypoint, you will find another information board. Using this and other local information, answer the following questions:
3) What are the final three digits of the area code for the phone no. of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust? Let this be FGH.
4) How many minutes does the blue 'Stroll' walk take? Let this be IJ.
5) When did Badminton Estate purchase northern Hawkesbury woods? Let this be KLMN.
The coordinates for the cache are then as follows:
N51 34 9mi
W002 22 fgh
Hope you enjoy finding this one as much as we enjoyed setting it! Wetmoor Wood is a rather undiscovered place, we have visited several times and don't tend to see many people - although we did see deer and a fox this visit! We have gained permission from the Woods Manager from the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to have the cache here.
It's almost a mile and a half to the cache in total.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Cache location:] Onfr bs zbff-pbirerq gerr arne pebff-cngu