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Cecilia`s cache Traditional Cache

Hidden : 1/17/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Cachen er let tilgængelig. Cecilia er blevet rigtig dygtig til at finde caches, og vil gerne, som sine søstre, Anna & Frederikke placere sin egen cache.
Indeholder både FFC & Junior FFC.

For at komme til cachen går man ad Valdemars Sti. Sagnet fortæller at Kong Valdemar Atterdag havde sin elskede frille, Tove boende på Gurre Slot. Når naturen kom over ham, piskede han af sted om natten på sin hest ad kendte stier gennem skovene i Nordsjælland. Dette skulle så være èn af de stier, han har redet af. Mangen en bonde har han opskræmt, og almuen fortalte historier om denne mørke rytter, som nogle mente var døden på jagt. Og da der altid var nogen, der døde om natten blev historien jo selvforstærkende.
Valdemar Atterdag, 1320-1372, var Danmarks konge fra 1340. Han byggede Vordingborg Slot med Gåsetårnet, men holdt også meget af at residere på borgen Gurre vest for Helsingør. Det fortælles i et andet sagn, at han elskede Gurre højere end Paradiset. Som evig straf herfor blev han dømt til hver nat at ride fra Vordingborg til Gurre. Nattevandrere kan derfor stadig møde Valdemar, når han i vildt ridt farer af sted over Sjælland fulgt af sine jagthunde.
Denne fortælling inspirede B.S. Ingemann til at skrive:
På Sjølunds fagre sletter
I dette smukke område ligger yderligere 5 af mine øvrige cacher: GC1BQDT Daempegaard, GC1T6C8 Donse Krudtvaerk, GC128YP Naturcafè, GC13H7K St. Donsedam og GC1R9E5 Storedam.
Eng:
The cache is easily accessible. Cecilia has become skilled at finding caches and would now like to place her own cache, just like her sisters Anna and Frederikke

To get to the cache you walk down Valdemar's Sti (Path). The anecdote tells us about King Valdemar Atterdag who had his beloved mistress Tove living at Gurre Castle. When he felt the urge, he whipped his horse through the night along the known paths in Northern Zeeland. This path is supposedly one of the paths he rode. Many a peasant did he frighten and the commoners told the tales of this dark horseman, whom some believed was the Grim Reaper out hunting. Since someone always would pass away during the night, the story cumulated.
Valdemar Atterdag, 1320-1372) was the King of Denmark from 1340. He built Vordingborg Castle with the Goose Tower, but also enjoyed residing at the fortress Gurre west of Elsinore. In another anecdote it is told that he loved Gurre more than Paradise. As an eternal punishment he was accordingly sentenced to ride from Vordingborg to Gurre every night. Hence, night time travelers can still meet Valdemar in his wild ride across Zeeland followed by his hunting dogs.
This tale inspired the Danish poet B.S. Ingeman to write På Sjølunds fagre sletter (On Sjølund's Fair Plains).
In this beautiful area a further 5 of my caches are placed: GC1BQDT Daempegaard, GC1T6C8 Donse Krudtvaerk, GC128YP Naturcafè, GC13H7K St. Donsedam, and GC1R9E5 Storedam.

Tillykke til sidsefrank der fik FFC og tillykke til Christian Damgaard der fik JFFC.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Irq sbqra ns qrg zvqgrefgr ns ger tenageære / Ng gur obggbz bs 3 cvar gerrf.

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)