Lady Mary’s Walk was formed in 1815 by Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre, a local landowner. It was a favourite walk of his daughter, Lady Mary, and was named after her. Sir Patrick gifted the Walk to the people of Crieff.
Parking is available at Taylor Park (N56º 22.640, W3º 51.030). Cross the bridge over the Turret Burn and on the left is a path signposted for Lady Mary’s Walk. This part of the route is not suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs, instead continue up the hill and turn left along Laggan Road. Continue ahead on the narrow road, past the houses and you come to a ‘crossroads’. Turn left for Lady Mary’s Walk. The paths were upgraded a few years ago to make the route accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs. Lady Mary's Walk proper begins just beyond the small sandy beach where the two paths meet.
Several individually designed benches have been placed along Lady Mary’s Walk. Each has a distinctive inscription highlighting aspects of the trees, the river, the wildlife and the former railway line. This cache involves getting information from some of these inscriptions. You may wish to look for other caches along the route while doing this multi cache.
The given coordinates are for the first bench.
Look at the inscription on the bench.
(Some of this is almost illegible now. The inscription reads: Graven in Beechwood our true love's sign of promises trothed and hearts entwined)
A How many letters in the second word?
B If a=1, b=2, etc, what is the value of the fourth letter in the third word?
Go to the bench at N56º 22.439 W3º 52.143
Look at the inscription on this bench.
C How many letters in the sixth word?
D What is the value of the first letter in the sixth word?
Continue along the path to the bench at N56º 22.416 W3º 52.333
Look at the inscription on this bench.
E How many letters in the second word?
F What is the value of the second letter in the fifth word?
There is another bench at N56º 22.442 W3º 52.679
Look at the inscription on this bench.
G How many letters in the first word? (same as in second and fourth word)
H What is the value of the fourth letter in the second word? (same as in fourth word)
Now have a seat and work out the final coordinates.
The cache is located at:
N56º 22.(B+F)(E-A)(A+B) W3º 52.(B+G)(D-G)(H-C)