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Wimsey (Wellington) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/4/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

In honour of the excellent detective novels of Dorothy L.Sayers solve the following cipher. (The listed coordinates are bogus, but will get you to the right park.)

VFS DQUPNAEOYZWI CZDS: CUIVF GNNZA NRW LDLOSZWE WMHKZWWR.EDNP OWRW POSZ,
IDWX POW EMZWRWF GNZO LDLOSZWE GNNZF NMUW.RWOD EDZN GMUI. ZRYDZ Y IQURAWR WXOZYXZOSZ.

An extended description and worked example of how to break this cipher is given in one of Sayer's novels, starring Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. Use the clue if you don't want the challenge of cracking it the long way, but please say how you solved it in your log.

The cache is a 400mL pink Klipo sistema.
Contents when placed:
- cache note and log book
- catnip toy
- D10
- blue 'bone' eraser
- "You hide it, we find it" magnet
- tealight candle

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abiry: Unornf pbechf. Pvcure: Gb cynl snve, gur jbeq vf zl anzr. Pnpur: Lbh jba'g unir gb cnl n gbyy ng guvf bar.

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)