A Boaters Conundrum Mystery Cache
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puzzle.
Five families of different nationalities, each hire a narrowboat for their annual holiday. They each bring with them their favourite fruit, drink and their family pet. No two nationalities have the same fruit, drink or pet. At the end of the first days boating, they find themselves moored together along the canal in a colourful line of five boats, as each boat is a different colour.
Using the following statements, work out which family is on which coloured boat, with which pet, fruit and drink. Numbering the boats from left to right 1-5.
• The Dutch family are on the red boat.
• The German family keep a mouse as a pet.
• The Italian family drink water.
• The green boat is to the left of the white boat.
• The family on the green boat drink beer.
• The family who eats grapes have a cat.
• The family on the yellow boat eat pears.
• The family on the centre boat drink wine.
• The French family are on the first boat.
• The family who eat bananas are moored next to the family with a dog.
• The family who have a hamster are moored next to the family who eat pears.
• The family who eat apples also drink coffee.
• The Spanish family eat melons.
• The French family are moored next to the blue boat.
• The family who eat bananas are moored next to the family who drink tea.
• One of the families has a pet rabbit.
So you now know who and what is where and from the following questions, do the sums to find the required co-ordinates EASY!!!
N52 4A.BCD W002 1E.FGH
A = Hamster
B = Rabbit
C = Mouse
D = Grapes + Melon
E = Water
F = Bananas
G = Beer
H =German + Dog
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Being a Boat People cache this of course will bring you to a canal. Here you can take the high road, and hope the tree cover is kind to you; or take the towpath and scramble up and down the bank. The cache is hidden just off the high road. Please keep a look out for dog walkers and kids as this is a popular area and leave the cache well covered.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Va zhygv gehaxrq gerr pbirerq jvgu n ynetr zbffl ebpx.
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