Pretty Vacant Mystery Cache
CUTHIESandMAX: Took a while to find but cache has survived 5 years in the field but decided thats long enough.
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Pretty Vacant A short walk or a longer walk depending on parking.
Beautiful countryside and an intriguing cache site.
Pretty Vacant Please dont go to above co-ordinates, the cache is
not there but within about 1.5 miles. As a now ageing punk rocker i
wanted a cache to remember my all time favourite band and found a
suitable site in the countryside to link to the recent advertising
campaign fronted by the Lead Singer of the sex pistols which has
been on your TV and one of their all time classic singles. You will
also have seen the lead singer on I'm a celebrity with the
ostriches. The pistols caused havoc in the late 70's, my parents
said they wouldnt last but here we are 30+ years on and the music
has stood the test of time. The Sex Pistols are an English punk
rock band that formed in London in 197G. The Sex Pistols are
responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom
and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians.
Although their initial career lasted just two-and-a-half years and
produced only four singles and one studio album, Never Mind the
B*******, Here's the Sex Pistols, they are regarded as one of the
most influential acts in the history of popular music.
“Pretty Vacant” was the third single released by the
punk rock band Sex Pistols. This ode to apathy was released on July
1, 1977. The song marked the band’s only appearance on the
British music show Top of the Pops. Also, the riff is alledged to
have been inspired by SOS by ABBA The cache site is Vacant and if
you look over your shoulder is quite Pretty. The actual cache
location was once something grand, i have been unable to establish
exactly what and the mysterys surrounding the site and Old Berry
Hall will be good to hear from any knowledgeable cachers. The music
survived its a pitty that this building has been left to decay. A
short walk with 2 stiles from short parking or alternativley there
is a very pretty, slightly longer walk which can be taken from
parking long (note you are on camera as you enter this area), cross
bridge and head for berry hall, part of this walk can be muddy. You
are looking for a small container of an slightly unusual shape.
Please don't disturb the cache site and replace exactly as found.
There is barbed wire in the vicinity but the cache is located away
from this and there is no need to cross over the barbed wire fence.
Cache contains Log & Pen – possibly room for small
exchanges. To get the co-ordinates just find the answers on-line to
the following questions and substitute the answers in to the
following co-ordinates: 52 AB CDE 001 FG HJK The Sex Pistols 2nd
bass player Sid Vicious was how old when he died (A)1. How many
record labels were the pistols signed to = (B) John Lydon recently
fronted a Dairy Crest "Great British" advertising campaign, how
much was spent on the campaign £ (J) million and how much did sales
increase by (C)5%. How many letters are there in the full stage
name of the lead singer of the sex pistols (? - 3) = (D) What year
did the Sex Pistols re-unite with the original line up for the
"Filthy Lucre Tour" 19(E)6 How many band members make up the Sex
Pistols = (F) The Sex Pistols formed in 197(G) What date did the
Sex Pistols infamously appear on the Thames TV Bill Grundy Show,
effectively ending his career 1.1(H).197(K) Good luck and enjoy the
cache site and surrounding area.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Jngre be Tnf hfrq gb eha guebhtu guvf.
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