Calling all
citizens loyal to the Roman Empire ! We need you on a vital quest
to protect our way of life ! Some slaves have escaped into woodland
near Sarum and are planning to mutiny against us !
Word has
come to us that the treacherous slaves are very close to the hamlet
of Firs Down. The slaves have formed an alliance with some
rebellious Gauls. These Gauls plan to help by providing a recipe
for a magic potion. This potion will give the slaves incredible
strength and we will be powerless to defeat them if they obtain
this potion ! Mystical druids from nearby Stone Henge are eagerly
anticipating the arrival of the recipe any day now...
So how can
we defeat the slaves ? Well, we have intercepted a coded message
which reveals the location of a drop-off point, where the potion
recipe will be delivered. The magic potion is not there yet, but
the slaves have left a 1 litre plastic tub, hidden inside a
camoflage bag. Perhaps you can find this tub, and if you record
your name on a log book, the slaves will realise that their plan is
foiled and give up ?
Anyway,
before this can be done, the code must be broken...
N 51
05.ABC
W 001 4D.EF6
Where:
- A = "...In
Britain"
- B =
"...The Great Crossing" minus "The Cauldron"
- C =
"...The Gaul"
- D =
"...And the Golden Sickle"
- E = "...At
the Olympic Games" minus "The Legionary"
- F =
"...The Banquet".
I fear this
code may defeat some less well read citizens, but hopefully there
may be some who will find this easy ? To put your mind at rest, can
I re-assure you that it will be less than 0.5 mile to walk from the
starting coordinates of:
N 51
06.011
W 001 42.338
May I wish
you well on your mission. Remember, to travel steathily. We don't
want to alert the slaves who may be nearby and see us searching
around for the correct hiding spot.
Signed
CENTURION GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
50 B.C.
