Bishop’s Storford on the Hert’s Essex border is the setting for this multi-stage cache. The coordinates for the starting point are a car part near the town centre and close to the location of part 1. There are plenty of car parks in Bishop’s Stortford but all of them are pay and display.
It should take you up perhaps two hours to make your way around all the different waypoints in order to collect the information to locate the final cache. All the locations are close to the town centre. Please take care some of the roads are very busy. Make use of the pedestrian crossings wherever you can. Saturday and Thursday are market days so parking can be more difficult.
Part 1
Location 51 52.325N 0 09.742E
In which year was this item a gift? Answer is AAAA.
Part 2
Location 51 52.267N 0 09.519E
What is the year of this grain trade building? Answer is BBBB.
Part 3
Location 51 52.111N 0 09.640E
When was this stone laid by Mr H.L.Laugher? Answer is CCCC.
Part 4
Location 51 52.076N 0 09.618E
This item is erected in commemoration of Queen victoria’s reign. Answer is DDDD.
Part 5
Location is 51 52.071N 0 09.603
Another stone this time laid by Willian Hougham Birmingham and Willian Lewis Newey in which year? Answer is EEEE.
Part 6
Location is 51 52.117N 0 09.526E
A third stone laid by AA Park in which year? Answer is FFFF.
Part 7
Location is 51 52.216N 0 09.499E
The old police station and courthouse is from which year? Answer is GGGG.
Part 8
Location is 51 52.298N 0 09.513
This Hart has been an emblem of Bishop’s Stortford. Which year does it originally date from? Answer HHHH.
Part 9
Location is 51 52.421N 0 09.566E
An old school house used for a different purpose now but what is the date of the building? Answer is IIII.
Part 10
Location is 51 52.300N 0 09.761E
This castle may not look like much now but in which year is the first known reference? Answer is JJJ
So now you have ten years it’s time to do some arithmetic. Write the numbers down so:
A A A A B B B B C C C C D D D D E E E E F F F F
- G G G G - - - H H H H - - I I I I - - J J J -
Add the numbers together for each vertical pair of characters to generate 24 new numbers (dashes count as zero). If the total is greater than 9 just use the units. The 24 new numbers are represented by the characters below.
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ! £ $ % & * < >
Here’s a table to help you.
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You need the characters L, N, U, Y, Z, $ and & to get the coordinates of the cache. The location of the actual cache is given by:
51° 5Q.S V ! north 0° 0L.£ M & East
The location is near a building and park so you may need to choose your moment carefully, but it is generally quiet but can be busy at weekends and in holidays. The cache is in a Tupperware container.