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Howden Park Etch-a-Sketch® Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 3/18/2012
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

To find this cache you will need to store your track on your GPS device and look at the shape it draws on the screen – a bit like the Etch-a-Sketch® toy which was popular in the 1970's. You should manage to complete the cache in less than an hour. The terrain is mainly grass and parking is available near the start coordinates or at the Howden Park Centre.

 

"These aren't the shapes you are looking for, you can go about your business"

Follow the coordinates at the top of the page.  Due to constant muggling of my magnetic labels on the picnic bench, the first thing you are looking for is a round manhole cover:


manhole cover with date

 

Once you have found the manhole cover, reset your GPS track log.  Sometimes switiching it off and on again is enough to give you a fresh line on the screen.

There is a date on the manhole cover – AB.CD.EF

Your next waypoint is N55 5F.(A+B)81 W003 30.(A+B+C+D)(A+F)9 and there's even an arrow on the manhole cover to check that you are heading off in the right direction.

There you will find another set of coordinates on a keyfob, which will take you to the next waypoint and so on until you have drawn a shape.


This is one time where you must “follow the arrow” as carefully as you can in a straight line to the next point. Don't worry too much about the inevitable squiggles at the corners, the overall shape should be easy to see. (It may be slightly distorted or rotated compared with the one in the table).


The Nazca people of Peru made huge drawings in the desert (without the aid of GPS) and one theory suggests that they regularly walked along the outlines that they had made, so that the gods would bring rain to their crops. I hope this cache appeases the gods of geocaching!

 

 If your shape looks like this:  Then go here for the cache:
 triangle



N 55 53.477 W 003 31.019

 rectangle
 


N55 53.371 W003 30.907

 rhombus
 



N55 53.325 W003 30.962

 

 trapezium
 


N55 53.325 W003 30.962

hour glass 



N55 53.573 W003 31.056

 pentagon



N55 53.563 W003 30.852

 spring



N55 53.514 W003 30.894

star

 

N55 53.593 W003 30.914

 6pointstar

 

N55 53.392 W003 30.994

 funnystar



N55 53.414 W003 30.810

 spider

 



S 14° 41.647' W 075° 07.342' 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgneg: ovt ebhaq zrgny guvat va gur tenff Vagrezrqvngr cbvagf: sraprf byq naq arj Svany: onfr bs ovt gerr

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)