Every Which Way Traditional Cache
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The cache is a clip lock box in a lovely location with beautiful sea and hill views, and further afield on a clear day. There is an etched plaque with information and a shelter where you could sign the log and have a picnic or just a rest.
A big thanks to Manx National Heritage for giving permission to place this cache.
We were not the original hiders of this cache, the story is as follows:
I (one of twoofnine) was out walking the family geohound one morning (definitely not Geocaching) and decided on the Maughold Brooghs for our excursion. I reached the plaque and the shelter and, as a geocacher, thought: “What a great place to hide a cache”. Now, if I were hiding one, where would I put it? Ah, here’s a good place, I wonder?
I turned over a stone and there it was, a pristine Geocache with plenty of swaps and a new log book with no entries despite having been placed over a year earlier.
I signed the log book, wondering how I could be the first in over a year, and replaced as found. By this time there was a group of people with a dog settling down to a picnic in the shelter. Hopefully, if they noticed anything at all, they thought it was my sandwich box. I caused a bit of a diversion by calling the dog then replaced the cache whilst they weren’t looking, kicking the stone back over it with my foot. I returned the same way a few minutes later, there was no sign of any interest in the cache location.
As a regular cacher, the find was a surprise, I didn’t recollect seeing one there on the map. I noted all the details that were written in the log book: co-ordinates, name, date placed and a contact email address.
On arriving home I of course looked on Geocaching.com for any clues but it appeared that the cache was not registered. I therefore sent a message to the enclosed email address and waited for a reply.
It seems that the cache was placed as a project by teachers and students at Ramsey Grammar School but one of the staff members left at the end of last year and the students have moved on, so the project was abandoned. As it seemed a shame to lose a cache in such an ideal setting, we offered to submit the cache for publication.
Of course, if I had stumbled across this cache by accident then others may do so too, so, to make it a little safer (and of course to make it a little more interesting for you) we have re-hidden it in a slightly less obvious hidey hole and adjusted the co-ordinates, which were a little out anyway. So even if you were involved in the original hide you can log a genuine find if you locate it and sign the log.
It is about 10 – 15 minutes walk along the coastal path from the parking co-ordinates, which are along a narrow then rather rough track which leads around and behind Maughold churchyard. If you prefer, you could park in, or take the bus to, Maughold village, where there are toilet facilities. There are other caches you could then look for en route.
You could also continue along the path after the cache to Port-e-Vullen where there are other caches to find, maybe even one of our puzzle caches, who knows! (But you won’t find it without the co-ordinates!)
I hope you enjoy finding the cache as much as I did.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Abegu Rnfg bs gur “Phzoreynaq Uvyyf”
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