Be sure to wear waterproof footwear if the weather has been wet as at some points these paths can be muddy and waterlogged .
Long trousers are also advisable when searching for the cache as there may be a few nettles and brambles near ground zero.
The co-ordinates will take you to an information sign in the car park where you can gather the figures to work out the final cache location:
A = number of flowers in meadow symbol
B = total number of symbols in the key (not including boundaries/ path/road/river)
C = number of blue circles in the Leave No Trace rectangle area
D = number of Train stations depicted on map
E = number of drones allowed to fly in area
F = second digit in the Visitor Centre opening time
Final co-ordinates:
N 54.40.ABC
W 005.45.CDE
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
GeoChecker.com.
The car park is open at the following times:
09:00am-19:00pm daily (1st Mar to 30th April )
09:00am-21:00pm daily (1st May to 30th Sep )
09:00am-19:00pm daily (1st Oct to 31st Oct)
09:00am-16:30pm daily (1st Nov to 28 Feb ) **closed 24th and 25th December **
Park Gates will be locked at closing times; vehicular exit is controlled by traffic plates.
At other times access is still possible by foot from the main road.
Please take into account that due to tree coverage GPS may not always be accurate.
The cache itself is a small screwtop container containing a logbook and pencil. There is room for a small travel bug and one or two small swaps.
Hope you enjoy my first hide... Happy hunting!
Congratulations to Sgtzara for being the first to find!