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Mesdames et Messieurs, sit yourselves down and prepare yourselves for a gastronomic treat of the finest culinary delights.
Our team of chefs have been trained in specialities from all over the world for your caching delectation!
We hope you will find many things that you will enjoy.
BON APPETIT!
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About this Series
Beachies' Bistro is a series of puzzle caches located in and around Peterborough with (if you haven't guessed already) a foodie theme. There are nine courses - see the menu below. Each course has a cache to find. In addition, there is a bonus cache ("The Bill"), which can be found using information located in all of the courses.
The puzzles are not meant to bemuse. We have pitched them with varying difficulties so that hopefully everyone can enjoy as much as possible of this series. The difficulty level, as you might expect, increases as you go through the meal. Some of the later, more difficult, puzzles have clues located in the geocheckers of earlier caches in the series; these are to assist you where needed, although all can be solved using the information on the cache page. (with the exception of the bonus, because the relevant information is contained within the caches in the series)
We have designed the series such that you can work out the puzzle elements at home before you leave (with the exception of the bonus), and pick up all of the physical caches in one day. Or you can do it in bite-size portions, it's up to you!
We would ask however that you do not leave any spoilers in your logs, even encrypted, including pictures. Please don't spoil the meal for future cachers!!
Please take either a notebook & pen or a camera phone with you so that you can take a record of the bonus information written in the caches.
The Cheeseboard
Time for a nice chunk of double GLOUCESTER!.
The Puzzle: "Fromage to Eternity"
This puzzle is a test of your cheesy knowledge - and I don't mean dodgy pop culture! Each of the clues below is a clue to a particular cheese from around the world. Simply identify the cheese that goes with each letter. Clues A-G are in picture form, H-Q are anagrams of the names of the cheese, and R-Z are descriptive clues.
Once you have identified all 21 cheeses, simply pool them all and put them in alphabetical order. The number that goes with each letter is simply the position that cheese takes up in the combined list. So whichever letter goes with the first cheese in alphabetical order is 1, and so on, all the way through to 21 for whichever cheese is alphabetically last on the list.
H. Recant Me Joky
J. Big Gurney
K. Breech Snot
M. Bland Oily
N. Kebab Slick Cults
P. Boa Dour Eve
Q. Rehab Jean Bi Hi
R. Hard cows-milk cheese named after a lake in Hungary.
T. Hard crumbly cheese named after a town in the state of Michoacán
V. Brined, slightly springy white cheese, traditionally made from a mixture of goat and sheep milk.
W. A pure white, wheel-shaped Spanish cheese that has corrugated grooves down the sides and ridged wedges marked on the top and bottom.
X. A hard granular cheese invented by Italian immigrants to Argentina after World War I
Y. Means "sheep's cheese" in Basque.
Z. Originated 200 years ago during the Ottoman era in the northwestern city of Bursa.
Finding this cache
Once you've worked out which cheese is what, you just need to plug the numbers into this equation to find the cache:
North 52° ((C*P)+D).((K*N*Z)+(W*(N+Y)))
West 000° (F+X-H+M-Q).(((T+G+V+A)*E)+(Z*R))
"Tasting notes"
Please park considerately, safely and legally.
The final cache site is not suitable for wheelchair users I'm afraid.
Stealth will be required at final location at certain times.
We recommend you confine your search for the final cache to daylight hours.
Please bring your own pen.
And finally, the "check"...
