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Ludlow Town Trail 1 Multi-Cache

Hidden : 6/10/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is part of a series of 4 multi caches in Ludlow. This trail takes you to some of the interesting lanes and allyways in the town.
We suggest you call in at the tourist information office, a good place to pick up a map to help you.
As a bonus for finding all 4 caches, there is a bonus cache hidden just outside Ludlow, the co-ordinates are:

N[town trail 1] [town trail 2]
W [chapels and churches] [town walls]

Ludlow was built as a planned town, protected by the castle, over 900 years ago. Now a lively market town, it has prospered in the past fron the wool and cloth trades.It was also home to the Council of the Marches, which ruled the border counties and Wales untill 1689. A fashionable social centre in Georgian times, it is now famed for its gastronmic reputation.

There are good transport links to ludlow, public transport, road and rail.
Parking: there is on street parking in Ludlow, but we recomend that you use the park and ride, just off the A49,[Mon. to Sat.] or the pay and display, near the station.

Stage 1: How many metal pets in Quality Square? A

Stage 2: When was the conduit moved here? BCDE

Stage 3: Hoysers Almshouse was oridinally built in FGHI

Stage 4: When was this building enlarged? JKLM

Stage 5: How many "pinnes" were used to repair the Tolsey? NOPQ

Stage 6: When was The Buttercross re-built? RSTU-VW

fINAL: N OA [B+F]J.ST[D+L] W PQA VU.R[C-N][I-K]

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ab jvyqyvsr jnf qrcevirq bs n ubzr ol guvf pnpur

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)