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The Old Smock Multi-Cache

Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The location of this cache is near to Lacey Green windmill but to find it you first need to answer questions about a few locations in the village to find the coordinates. The container is a used gun cartridge. Please bring your own writing means.

The coordinates for the cache are N 51° 4A.ECF W 000° 4D.E(A+B)E. The total co-ordinates add up to 60. Each of the letters (ABCDEF) need to be replaced with numbers that can be found at the 4 locations below. This leaves you with the final coordinates for the cache! Free parking is available at the village hall which is also the location of the first question. The parking coordinates are at the top of the page and are NOT the location of the cache. All of the locations are quite close together, and then it is only a short walk to the cache.

Lacey Green is a village and civil parish in Wycombe district near Princes Risborough, in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chiltern Hills above the town. It was home to celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal - whose parents used to own many local (to this area) amusement arcades. RAF Bomber Command commandeered some agricultural land for an airfield during World War II. The land has now reverted to agriculture, the school playing field and the village sports ground. The village has lost its Methodist chapel, shop and sub-post office but still retains a sports club, primary school, two pubs (three if you include The Pink and Lily at Parslow's Hillock), Village Hall and of course, the windmill which stands on the escarpment of the Chiltern Hills. The hamlet was known as Leasy Green in the early 19th century. It is twinned with Hambye in France.

Since 1971 the Smock Windmill has been restored back to working order by members of The Chiltern Society. It probably originates from around 1650, making this the oldest smock windmill in the country. It is known as a smock windmill because it is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weather boarded tower, usually with six or eight sides and is said to resemble an old man or farmer wearing a smock. All the restoration work has been done by volunteers, led by Christopher Wallis, who devised the methods by which the collapsing mill could be straightened, strengthened and made watertight to survive into the future. Volunteers open the windmill to the public for a small charge on at least 25 afternoons each year (from 2 pm to 5 pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays from early May to the end of September). Further information can be found at www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur rneyvrfg glcr bs Rhebcrna jvaqzvyy vf pnyyrq n CBFG zvyy

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)