Stage One – The Garden
The published coordinates take you to the centre of the village. There are a few free parking spaces available within the centre for a maximum of 30 minutes which is plenty of time to collect the clues required and complete stages one and two. In the centre you will find the Round Garden which is now owned and maintained by the National Trust. It was originally thought to have been a pound to enclose stray animals from nearby commons. Note the year that the National Trust was given the garden. The last two digits of the year = A. Entering the garden you will see 4 benches. One of them is dedicated to Lewis Lawer, the Farmers Boy. The age of Lewis = B. As you leave the garden entrance, to your right is The Memorial Hall. The number of names on the front minus 2 = C. I have had to add in the 'minus 2' due to the fact that this year (2017) 2 more names were added on the bottom right in belated recognition of two parishioners for their war effort.
Stage Two – The Escapist N50º 24.(115 + B)' W005º 06.(568 + A + C)
At this location you can take stock of the situation and learn about the interesting bid for freedom by a certain William Tinney. The number of years between his escape and when the eye witness Richard Chegwidden gave his account = D. The age Chegwidden was when he actually witnessed the escape = E. Whilst you are here, why not check out the intricately carved wooden screen inside the building?
NOW IS THE MOMENT TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT THE LONG OR SHORT WALK. FOR THE LONG WALK - DRIVE TO N50º 24.378' W005º 06.795' . FOR THE SHORT WALK - DRIVE TO N50º 24.246' W005º 07.838' (FURTHER DETAILS OF THESE PARKING AREAS ARE IN THE ADDITIONAL WAYPOINTS SECTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE).
Stage Three – The Woman in the Cave N50º 24.(199 + A - C)' W005º 07.(646 - D + E + E)
REMEMBER ONLY APPROACH THIS NEXT STAGE AT OR NEAR LOW TIDE. At this location you will find a century old rock carving by local artist Joseph Prater. The amount of lines in the verse = F and the total amount of letters in the whole verse = G. So get counting but keep your eye on the tide!
Stage Four – The Cow Shed N50º 24.(247 - F)' W005º 07.(585 + G + B + D - E)
At this location you will find many tables with numbers on them. Look at the middle row to left of the steps down to the car park (looking out to sea). Take down the numbers for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd tables from the pathway on this middle row (yes we know they don't seem to run in order!). Add up the numbers on all three tables and minus 6 and this = H. We might be sat at one of those tables trying to sabotage your efforts just for our own amusement – only kidding – we will say hello if we are! To the left of the steps is a lamp post with a shield at the bottom. Count the number of crowns and this = I. Why the Cow Shed I hear you ask?! Well the name of the place where the tables are translates as cow shed in Cornish.
UPDATE 03/04/18 - THE LAMP POST HAS BEEN REMOVED SO I NEED TO REJIG THIS PART. HOWEVER I DON'T WANT TO DISABLE THE WHOLE CACHE SO HERE IS THE ANSWER FOR THIS BIT - I = 3.
UPDATE 17/12/21 - WE HEARD FROM A CACHER THAT NOT ONLY WERE THE TABLES DIFFICULT TO GET TO NOW WHEN CLOSED BUT THAT THEY HAD BEEN MOVED. AS THIS SEEMS A REGULAR OCCURENCE NOW IT SEEMS UNRELIABLE AND COULD WASTE ALL YOUR PRECIOUS SEARCHING TIME, SO HERE IS THE VALUE - H =213. THIS PLACE IS STILL VERY MUCH WORTH A VISIT ON THE WAY THROUGH THOUGH! :)
Stage Five – The Finale N50º 24.(H + C + E + F)' W005º 08.0(A - C - I - I)
Congratulations you have reached the end of a long journey and should be awarded with a degree in maths! The cache is a 12cm tall black spice container full of an interesting array of over 20 small badges and brooches. The first to find will get the pick of them (a badge of honour)! The rest of you, if we can just swap small badges and brooches that would be great but if not then just very small items only please. We hope you enjoy the challenge, learn something about our village, enjoy the lovely scenery and brush up on your maths (bring your calculator!). We will be keeping an eye out for any cachers so if you see anyone smiling inanely whilst popping down to the shop for bread or drinking beer at the pub, then it’s not the crazy locals but just us amusing ourselves with your exploits! There are other caches in the area so why not make a day of it? This cache overlaps with another multi (Treasure's Anniversary Cache – which starts near stage four of ours and continues a little further on from ours) or why not even continue on further to our other local cache (The Goose, The Chick and The Seals) to check out how the seals are doing? There are many more around here too.