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Farmer in the Dell (Waikato) Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 6/1/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

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The Farmer in the Dell is a children's nursery rhyme. It tells the story of a farmer in a dell who takes wife, who takes a child...

2008 marked the 40th anniversary of the National Agricultural Fieldays, held just outside Hamilton city at Mystery Creek. Hamilton is the biggest 'rural' city in New Zealand and during Fieldays the 'cockies' come to town.

Fieldays was June 11-14 in 2008 and the weather was great. This is not always the case at Fieldays time. Did someone say "Mud"?

We have noticed this spot before and finally explored it. It's a quiet little dell hidden away, but close by.

You need to solve the following clues from the nursery rhyme...

A = number of letters in the 6th item taken – 1

B = number of letters in the 3rd item taken

C = number of items taken in total

D = the majority of items taken have this number of letters

The cache will be found at : S 37 48.ABC E 175 17.ADA

The cache is a 2L camo painted Sistema. Starting contents were a farming set - a farmer and his goats.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nyzbfg ng gur obggbz bs gur onax, arkg gb n srea, pbirerq.

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)