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All Fingers and Thrums Traditional Cache

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Team Clova: Looks like this one has disappeared. Can't see us getting up to Kirrie to replace for a while so decided to archive

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Hidden : 8/9/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is a 9thumbs x 6thumbs x 4pinkies high lock and lock box (1.1 litre box in old money..)

Set as a maths themed cache with mostly maths related swaps - no need to continue the theme.

Set after a new measuring system was created at a caching event earlier this year.

THUMBS!

It's all a bit hazy now but the basic premise is that everything can be measured in thumbs (just not very accurately...)

Parking for this one is either in Kirriemuir or if you are digitally challenged, twice as far away at the RSPB reserve.... If walking in from the town the first 526thumbs (100m) or so of the path is a bit overgrown but it soon opens out.

Wherever you park its a nice wee walk along the bank of the Gairie burn. The banking at the side of the path is actually material removed from the burn in the 19th century in order to lower the level of the loch. This has left a shallow loch in a natural basin with many different waterbirds resident.

 

A statistician maths teacher is someone who is good with numbers but lacks the personality to be an accountant.- Anon

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ovepu. Phor ebbg [it's maths... think about it]

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)