GC4PJ2W AR 14 Scoter - Waddesdon Stud (Multi-cache) in Southern England, United Kingdom created by Aylesbury Ring Walkers

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A cache by Aylesbury Ring Walkers Message this owner

Hidden : 10/12/2013

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Size: Size: small (small)

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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:

The published coordinates are for the entrance gates to Waddesdon Stud. You can walk through here, but please do not take a vehicle in - there is limited parking on the grass verge on the opposite side of the road just uphill of the junction. As you walk from the gates and past the stud buildings to additional waypoint P2, you need to keep your eyes open and collect some information.

The cache is at N51° 50.UVW W0° 54.XYZ where:

At the Stable Yard:
U = the number of dormer gables in the main stable block
W = the number of loose boxes with unpainted wooden doors
X = the number of horizontal rails on the gate opposite the clock face
Y = on the crest each side of the clock is a date - the third digit subtracted from the second
Z = the number of life-size horse statues on the main grassed quadrangle
Beyond the Stable Yard:
V = at the second latch gate, the total number of letters in the second and sixth words on the rectangular sign immediately to the left of the gate

UPDATE 26/10/2017 - the means of collecting the value of Y has been changed.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unatvat nobhg fubhyqre urvtug

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)