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Shunter - The Code Monkey Mystery Cache

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Backmuir: Archiving

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Hidden : 10/19/2011
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Shunter; quiet and unassuming, you'll never find him shouting from the roof tops, you're also pretty unlikely to find him logging his caches quickly. A technical wizard if ever there was one and devilishly good at solving puzzles - so I am told.

Please note that the cache is not at the above co-ordinates. There is a parking area for the woodland and this is added as an additional waypoint below.

Backmuir woods is a 45 hectare woodland cared for by The Woodland Trust in partnership with a management group from the local community.

The mixture of mature and new woodland and the wide variety of trees provide a haven for many kinds of wildlife. Jays, woodpeckers, buzzards, ferns, fungi, roe deer and red squirrels are part of that natural mix.

There are about 9km of trails, including 1.5km on a surfaced, all-abilities track. The remainder being woodland trails which can become soft and muddy after rain, so sturdy footwear is advised. The gently sloping terrain offers views over the Tay to the south and the Sidlaws to the north.

Cache is set for Backmuir woods event on Sunday 23rd October so it would be appreciated if this cache was not logged before this date.

We have already learned how to crack the alphabet code, but if only teaching children to do the same was that easy. At school one teaching method uses "Jolly Phonics", a multi-sensory visual, auditory and kinaesthetic approach. To make our language more complicated we have 26 graphemes (letters) in our alphabet but 44 phonemes (sounds).

If it were just a case of one letter representing one sound, our spelling might look a bit like that used in the picture message below.

If you need help to decode it then download and print the pictures then when at Backmuir Wood head to GC339C2 where you’ll find something to help you.

 

 



You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Snyyra? Orrpu gerr

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)