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A Village Winter Ramble Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/1/2011
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Please note that the coordinates above are not the location of the cache.


A puzzle cache which may take a couple of outings to solve. The pictures were each taken during a walk around the village on 19th December 2010. To find this cache you'll walk around the village (roughly a 5 km walk) following the picture clues.


You need to determine the GPS location of each of the photographs shown below, then use the table of distances and bearings to the cache from the various village locations. A little local knowledge should help you, in many pictures you'll see landmarks, street signs and the occasional business name which will help you find the first and subsequent locations. The pictures are in an order which you can follow as a nearly circular walk. No doubt the exercise will do us all some good to walk off our indulgences over Christmas... but you may be able to solve it using Google's Street View. You can park your car in the street depicted in "Motor Pyramid".
In theory only two of the bearings and distances are needed to locate the cache, but for improved accuracy you should look at the bigger picture. (Note that figures are only quoted to the nearest whole number, you'll need more than two sets of coordinates to sort this one out!)




Motor Pyramid


Silver


Church Stile


Old Postbox


Old Chapel


Path View


BVW sign


Wetland Bridge


Permitted


Terraced


George Inn


Name Distance to cache (m) Bearing to cache (deg)
Motor Pyramid 1353 293
Silver Street 1140 288
Church Stile 932 292
Old Postbox 954 300
Old Chapel 864 303
Path View 410 306
BVW sign 336 147
Wetland Bridge 691 15
Permitted 1092 342
Terraced 1307 320
George Inn 1269 316


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf ivyyntr unf na napvrag puhepu. Gur pnpur vf ba gur rkgerzr rqtr bs gur ivyyntr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)