The published co-ordinates are for the suggested parking place for this short walk and for the first clue, however it is possible to park in many places along this dead-end road except between the “protected road verge” signs.
To find the co-ordinates of the final cache you will need to solve the clues below, but as the walk is shorter you will need to work a bit harder with the clues than on the longer walks.
All of the Cobblers caches are interlinked in some way. This cache has two clue locations (R and S) in common with the Cobblers 26k walk GC1R8VP. If you are attempting this 5k cache before completing the 26k one then you will probably want to find clues R & S after finding clue b.
Cobblers walks make good use of public footpaths and are intended for walkers rather than quick stoppers. On this walk there are sections on country roads without pavements.
The general area of the walk is flat with easy walking and as such is ideal for any supervised child that can make the distance. However it is not suitable for pushchairs because of the occasional stile and gate. In the summer the ground is likely to be rock hard, but in the winter it can get muddy in places along the route.
Note also that although some of the clues are on private land, e.g. the number of chimney pots on a house, the answers can always be clearly seen from public land without going onto any private property, so please make sure that you keep to footpaths and respect the privacy of others.
The cache itself is a 0.5 litre clip-lock box - please replace carefully.
Notes: Number substitution - when converting a word to a number - A=1, B=2, C=3,……..Z=26. Calculating an ULTIMATE SUM digit – Take the word CAT, the number substitution would be 3, 1, 20. The SUM of the word is 3+1+20 = 24, then to get the ultimate sum digit add these digits 2+4, so the answer is 6.
There are no decimals or fractions - not all clue numbers will be single digit.
The Clues:
a - The number on the “telegraph” pole opposite the road junction a0B : N 52 10. 738 E 0 27. 158
b - The SUM of the underlined word(s) on the footpath post : N 52 10. 919 E 0 27. 128
c - The number of horizontal bars on this “5 bar gate” : N 52 10. 856 E 0 27. 535
d - The SUM of the (flying) three letter four legged animal name you can see approximately south from here : N 52 10. 569 E 0 27. 586
e - The ULTIMATE SUM digit of the station that doesn’t have a Monopoly : N 52 10. 532 E 0 27. 648
f - The number of "footpath" words plus the number of red backgrounds plus the number of yellow arrows, all totalled and then divided by three : N 52 10. 276 E 0 27. 591
g - The ultimate sum digit of the common name for this tree : N 52 10. 345 E 0 27. 292
h - Near the footpath post note down the phone number as you will need it to work out the clues (h1 = first digit, h2= second digit etc) : N 52 10. 359 E 0 27. 073
R - The number of parallel planks that make up the footway of this bridge divided by ten : N 52 11. 143 E 0 27. 417
S - The number of footpath arrows/circles on this post : N 52 10. 924 E 0 27. 620
Note that there are no negatives or fractions.
The final cache is at -
R x S x ( g - e )
c x ( h2 - h6 )
d / ( f – a )
( b + e + (g x R) ) / g
( h6 + h9 + h11 ) / ( e – f )
( b x h4 ) + g + S
( d + a ) / R
g + c