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Compass Gardens Multi-Cache

Hidden : 5/20/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Compass Gardens is a newly created area of informal parkland for the town of South Woodham Ferrers. The park has a maritime theme and includes some maritime artefacts. The gardens have been laid out in the form of a ships sextant and include features such as a compass, latitude and longitude coordinates and ships anchors. The gardens were officially opened on 13th July 1996.

The opening times of the Compass Gardens are:

Gates are open at 07.30hrs all year round and closed as follows:

January - 17.00hrs

February - 18.00hrs

March - 18.00hrs

April - 20.00hrs

May - 21.00hrs

June - 22.00hrs

July - 22.00hrs

August - 21.00hrs

September - 20.00hrs

October - 19.00hrs

November - 17.00hrs

December - 17.00hrs

The co-ordinates above will lead you to a place to gather the information needed to find the final location of the cache.

N51 38.ABC E000 37.DEF

A = number of non-flying birds + number of dragonflies

B = number of raised spots on the ladybird

C = number of birds flying right

D = number of birds flying left + number of crickets

E = number of centipedes

F = number of moths and butterflies

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

haqre fgbarf ng onfr bs cevirg ohfu

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)