The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
You are looking for a 35mm pot along the way. You will have to
decode the message below to find the location.
Inspired by the radio series and books this series never quite
knows how many there are, so there will be more than a trilogy and
some will be hard to understand. An infinite improbability drive
should not be required.
The Series of caches is along the River Cole linking the Cole
Challenge with the Urban Meets Rural Series. When setting out the
caches I have seen many different birds including a green
woodpecker, a heron and a kingfisher; surprising given we are well
inside the city. They can be done individually or as a series.
There are no codes to note down for a bonus cache. Most of the
tracks are fairly mud free and are actually tarmaced. Most are
fairly easy terrain and should be accessible to buggies and bikes
though Zarniwoop and Krikit would require lifting over/up/down
steps. There are no stiles on the route and frequent stops for
refuelling or relief opportunities.
There are plenty of other caches either along the route or small
detours away. As the series is a linier route a possible return
route along the roads collecting caches could be done I will leave
it up to you to plot a route. A possible starting point would be
Sarehole Mill (the car park is waymarked), if you go north and then
come back south Hobbit Hide is well worth the effort.
Alternatively, the North end of the series is fairly close to Small
Heath Station, with Yardley Wood Station near the other end if you
don’t fancy retracing your steps.
The walk there and back is about 6 miles. There are several
roads to cross the more major ones have crossings but Brook Lane
does not so take extra care here. As the series follows the river,
care of mini cachers should be taken and if your dogs like swimming
then you are likely to get wet.
Zaphod Beeblebrox is a complex character and as such has managed
to get his whereabouts doubly encoded as both heads thought that
their way was best. The use of the hitchhikers guide will get you
half way then you may have to be unlucky for some to get all the
way. Where he is hidden?
pbpn qqbz trme htbx dhqu nutg haxv uyzy bdzv
hfey vjei iogi bgco dcjo itgm emdv jvky rsoo usof
geoj cuee mtre nuyg teqa ekdy otzj eezd dfzk tb
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.