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Larking About in Lubenham 1 Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 12/31/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A short walk around the village of Lubenham to get the numbers for the final location

Lubenham is a small rural village and civil parish just to the west of Market Harborough, a market town in the South of Leicestershire, England. The first ever Grand National was held in Lubenham, on the grounds of what is now Thorpe Lubenham Hall.

The co ords listed is for the village information board. The blue plaques mentioned on this board are needed to find the final GC.

There are 19 plaques but I am utilising just a few so that in the future other plaques can be used for other caches.

N52.28.798 W000.57.974
Plaque #1: Village Hall
What year was the Wooden Village Hall built? XXXA

N52.28.838 W000.57.855
Plaque #2: 49 The Green
When were the cottages built circa? XBCC

N52.28.725 W000.57.779
Plaque #3: The Dower House
What is the date on the south gable wall? XDD?

N52.28.707 W000.57.794
Plaque #4: Adams Farm
What Century was the house built? XE

N52.28.656 W000.57.802
Plaque #5: The Tower House
When do the stables date from? FXXG

N52.28.628 W000.57.781
There is a bench in the Churchyard, How many years? HX

A-H should add up to 37

Final GC co ords are:

N(H+F)G.(A-B)A.(F+H)H(E-D) WCCC.(D-G)D.(B-F)(F+G+H)(A-F)

When happy with your co-ords I suggest heading East out of the churchyard.

The log for this cache is actually a 2010 pocket diary, so please write in on the corect day! There are two diaries so if one is full use the other!

Enjoy! Thanks to Vinnie95 in helping set this up!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

n erfgshy cynpr

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)