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JaceyB goes to Elsted #2 Traditional Cache

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jaceyb99: I have moved cache 2 a little way away and changed it to a micro cache. The tupperware box and contents are now at cache #6, so nothing is lost !!

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Hidden : 8/7/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Elsted is a village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies within the civil parish of Elsted and Treyford.

The small anglican parish church north of the crossroads, St. Pauls, has a nave which had become derelict, leaving the chancel as the village church, until it was rebuilt in the 1950s. The surviving north wall is of Norman style herringbone stonework, with two round arched doorways filled in to make lancet windows. The rebuilt walls and windows are sadly out of character.

The village has one public house, and there is another at the former Elsted railway station at Elsted Marsh east of the village.

PARKING
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Elsted is quite a small place, and the only parking I found was at the church. There's room for a few cars there, and it's overlooked by a few houses so I felt safe parking the Ferrari there. Although I did hide the furry dice in the glove box just in case.

Coords are N50 58.292, W000 50.342

THE TRAIL
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10 micro caches - same size as 35mm film cannisters but a bit skinnier. 3 tupperware containers, 1 of which is the bonus. Please bring your own pencil.

** PLEASE NOTE - only the small micro caches contain bonus clues **

I'm afraid I wasn't terribly adventurous with the hiding places due to lack of good spots, and easily identifiable ones (all the trees looked alike after a while !)

some of the paths were very deep mud. There's some foresting work going on up beacon hill and lots of tractors which really churn up the road. The Hill is quite steep and the downward stretch through the wood could be too steep for a bike. Also be aware of shooters. I Heard a lot of gunshots and when I took a wrong turn I ended up in the firing line, luckily I was wearing Hi-vis so the shooter saw me ! gulp !!

I advise you make some GPS waypoints from an OS map / google earth as the footpaths are very confusing in places.

Scenary is really nice I thought. Especialy around Beacon Hill.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

oruvaq fueho arne raq bs urqtr arnerfg ebnq

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)