Round The Bend Multi-Cache
GeordieBlue: Been out long enough and caache gone missing so am archiving and will set out a new one sometime soon
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My first cache, so I hope you all enjoy it.
This is a two part multi, requiring you do do some very basic reading and mathematics and to walk no more than a couple of hundred metres. The answers you acquire at the published location will give you the final co-ordinates of the cache, which is within @200m.
The Cache is a magnetic nano.
You will need a pen/pencil and some paper to make notes.
If you've arrived at the initial co-ordinates, you should be outside the Church of St John The Baptist, on the corner of Westgate Road and Grainger Street in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.
History
The old church of St. John, of supposed date about 1287, with its low square time-worn tower, standing amongst its green trees, is the pleasantest sight to be seen in Westgate Street. Gray calls it “a pretty little church, commended by an arch-prelate of this kingdom because it resembled much a cross.” And a pretty little church it is, its quiet simplicity rendered more charming still by the huge piles of modern buildings which surround and overtop it on three sides. It has no pretension to architectural beauty; there is nothing grand about it; its tower, as we have said, is low and square, with little pinnacles at the corners; its windows have flattened arched tops, far from elegant in design but there is something about it which makes it pleasing. Perhaps it is that it recalls to our mind some little country church, and that its aspect is suggestive of green trees and sunny pastures and quiet sylvan delights, amongst all the turmoil and bustle of the busy streets which run past it.
Over the outside of the large window in the south transept, which looks into Westgate Street, is a stone which has carved upon it the arms of Robert Rhodes, the builder of St. Nicholas’ steeple, and the benefactor of this and all the churches of the town. The stone we see is a copy of the original one placed there in the lifetime of the good lawyer, as were also his arms in the groining of the tower, to commemorate his generosity. The old one was taken down about 1861, when some repairs were being executed, and is now in the castle.
Interior
The 15th century font cover and the Jacobean pulpit are fine examples of local woodwork. When the church was restored a new sanctuary was created at the Crossing, which contains a stone altar slab given in 1712 as a reminder of the Church Revival under Queen Anne. The chancel, now the Lady Chapel, contains a window including the fragments of mediaeval glass with the earliest known representation of the arms of Newcastle. Further along the wall can be seen a cruciform opening which enabled the anchorite, whose cell was above the present sacristy, to see the altar. The rood and reredos are both the work of Sir Charles Nicholson.
If you look down at the kerb, you should see the beginning of some writing engraved in the kerb stones.
HINT: Make a note of all the words and number them as you write them (or be prepared for a lot of walking back and forth).
The Cache can be found at N 54° 5A.BCD W 001° 3E.FGH Where:
A = The number of letters in word 6
B = (The number of letters in word 1) / (The number of letters in word 2)
C = The number of letters in word 8
D = The number of letters in word 5
E = (The number of letters in word 3) + (The number of letters in word 18)
F = (The number of letters in word 9) + (The number of letters in word 10)
G = (The number of letters in word 13) - (The number of letters in word 14)
H = The number of letters in word 10
You should now be able to take a short walk to the cache location. It's a high muggle area at most times and you'll have to cross a couple of quite busy streets to get there.
Congratulations to Jesmond Lynam for the FTF (within 15 minutes of publication!!)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Urnq urvtug ba zrgny oenpxrg whfg vagb "funqrr" nyyrl
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