GC4N08X AR 04 Eider - Spinney Field Puzzle (Unknown Cache) in Southern England, United Kingdom created by Aylesbury Ring Walkers

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Team Hippo: Sadly this series is now becoming very maintenance-intensive, and after discussion with other COs we have decided to start archiving individual caches as they become disabled. There is no intention to execute a mass archive, so still time for those of you who want to finish things off to do so.

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A cache by Aylesbury Ring Walkers Message this owner

Hidden : 10/12/2013

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is one of a series of some one hundred and forty caches set along The Aylesbury Ring, a circular footpath that follows a thirty mile route round Aylesbury.

Under development since the early 1980s, more details can be found here. A Bucks CC leaflet with further information and points of interest along the route can be downloaded from here.

For the purpose of these caches, The Ring is divided into seven sections (each named after a species of duck), and each section is designed to be done in a clockwise direction; if you choose to do otherwise, you will be causing yourself much unnecessary back-tracking.

Most of the caches are stand-alone, but within each of the seven sections is a bonus cache for which you will have to collect information from the other caches within that section. This information is in the format A=1. The bonus information is not interchangeable between sections.

In addition there is a Golden Egg Bonus cache. To find this, you will also have to collect information from all sections, although not all caches (and none in the bonus caches). This information is in the format 1=LZ. Refer to the Golden Egg Bonus cache page for what to do once you have all this information.

There is a mixture of cache types and sizes, and a variety of different hides. Some are straightforward, others a little more tricky, but not one is a 35mm film canister under a rock at the bottom of a post - although ivy may feature on occasions!

Once you have found the majority of the series and logged them online, you will qualify to go for the AYLESBURY DUCK GOLDEN EGG BONUS, set somewhere within The Ring.

Now, onto this cache:

At the posted co-ords you need to solve a simple field puzzle which will give you values to lead you to the cache, which is at N51° 4(C-F) . LDG W0° 5(J-A) . (H+M)(E-G)(K-B).

UPDATE 7 July 2016 Please note that at one stage you will have to leave the public footpath and walk along the field edge for a short distance. Then you can either return whence you came, or carry on to re-join the public footpath further on. This will also be much the better route after ploughing and heavy weather.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx bhg sbe gur lryybj pnoyr gvrf, irel pybfr gb rnpu fgntr.

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)

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AR 04 Eider - Spinney Field Puzzle Mystery Cache

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