Penrith Countryside Walk BONUS! Mystery Cache
Langy: Time to archive this series.
Penrith Countryside Walk BONUS!
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This is the bonus cache that is a circular walk out of Penrith through the countryside and back to the starting area again. You will need information from the previous circular six caches to get this one.
With No.1 in the series being archived the bonus numbers from that cache are B=7 and G=8
Actual walking time without stops is around 45 minutes 3 miles in total.
Parking is advised at N 54° 40.062 W 002° 46.093 which can be found along Bowerbank Way, Gilwilly Industrial Estate. This is a regular used spot for dog walkers. This is an ideal point as the walk will bring you back towards this point if you complete the circular walk.
It is possible to get to GZ by car if you decide to do this cache on it's own once you have the correct co-ordinates. However if you are doing the full circular on foot or bike then you will not need the car.
This is a circular walk that I regulalry take during my lunch break where you will go through the local nature reserve Thacka Beck located next to the parking point. Going out the otherside of the reserve you join Thacka Lane near to the railway line. A short walk up the lane takes you past "Penrith Countryside Walk 1" where another 10 minute walk and you pass "Penrith Countryside Walk 2", under the motorway and another few minutes to pass "Penrith Countryside Walk 3", up the road another five minutes to pass "Penrith Countryside Walk 4" going through the university grounds (this is a national cycle route) out on to the main road where there is a dedicated footpath set back from the road. When no cars go along you could quite easily forget the road is there. You will go down the path past "Penrith Countryside Walk 5" back to the road and on another similar pathway. Only 2-3 minutes walk along the path take you to "Penrith Countryside Walk 6". The bonus cache is somewhere between the last circular cache and the starting point.
I'm sure you will soon realise why I have chosen the route as you soon leave Penrith an enjoys the views of the local contryside. At points on the walk you would forget that you are so close to a large town.
The cache container only contains the log.
The formula for the co-ordinates is as below.
N 54 ai.(b+f)(i-j)(g-k)
W 2 dh.(c+l)(b+e)(g-l+e)
Note: I have taken care in the placement of this cache so that it should be retrieved from the path without trampling down all the local vegetation. You do not need to move any rocks or bricks.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Qb lbh be qba'g lbh fgbc? Znlor abg dhvgr lrg.
Treasures
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