Nigel Mystery Cache
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The above co-ordinates are for a small parking area. There is a larger parking area at a nearby hostelry. Solve the puzzle below to find the final cache co-ordinates. THE CACHE IS NO LONGER AT THE FINAL CO-ORDINATES DUE TO A FENCE PLACED BETWEEN THE CACHE AND THE PATH. FROM THE HINGED SIDE OF THE GATE, WALK 20 PACES ON A BEARING OF 240º
START HERE.... It was only when his increasing deafness began to take hold that he really started to take a journey through the musical history of his life. His tastes had always been broad, and by some had been described as eclectic if not eccentric. As he sat in his armchair, speakers placed perfectly on either side, and the volume turned high, he allowed his mind to wander back through his musical history, the gigs and shows, the chanced upon encounters with live musicians that changed his outlook and taste for ever, and of course the times like this, immersed in the music, alone, and filling the room with sound, filling it with depth and richness and above all fidelity. In Queens, New York, on 100th Avenue he had passed a billboard that advertised a gig featuring the Eagles, and that was the start of a long love affair with American rock. That same day he managed to cross town to hear the last chords of Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult. Still in N.Y. he managed to get back stage to meet Barbra Streisand and I suppose they struck a chord together. She even gave him her tickets to a private gig by Phil Collins but it really wasn’t his sort of thing. And so it rolled on, a rollercoaster ride of rhythm and it took him all over the world. In Japan it was George Michael, in Brazil, Olivia Newton-John and in, of all places, Senegal where he saw an amazing performance by Simon and Garfunkel. He remembered his small dalliance with Tenpole Tudor and their iconic Swords of a Thousand Men and then later a brush with Violinski, what the hell happened to them? He fell in love with The Teddy Bears and had a brief affair with Kate Bush before moving on to Elton John. He’d been offered a job as a roady with the Bee Gees but thought he really couldn’t hack it and instead did sound for a while with Phil Collins. Little did he know that he’d end up working with him after he’d seen his gig all those years before. After that it was a long lasting fascination with rock and soul, particularly the works of Daryl Hall and John Oates. He loved their style and especially “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)" with the truly wonderful saxophone of Charles DeChant. Did it really matter that he couldn’t hear these voices of his past with the same clarity? No, of course it didn’t. They still rang true and pure inside his head and nobody could ever take that away from him.
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