Chalfont St Peter is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern district, in south-east Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts which also includes Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont. The name Chalfont comes from "calf - font" referring to places where cattle came to drink on the River Misbourne which flows through St Peter and St Giles.
The Heritage Trail on which this cache has been based was established by The Celfunde Inheritance, a local history and volunteer group, in association with Chalfont St Peter Parish Council to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. On the trail you will find 27 heritage plaques (Please note, there is no 13!) each showing an historic photo and giving an interesting historical fact about the town.
To solve the cache you will need to visit each Waypoint which takes you to a different plaque on the trail. The Waypoint numbers match the numbers of the plaques that you will find on the Heritage Trail leaflet obtainable from the Chalfont St Peter library at Waypoint 05, or if you'd prefer, you can download it and print the leaflet from the Cache Gallery. I do not advise tackling the Waypoints in numerical order, so its best to work out your route in advance. The leaflet will really help with this. The starting co-ordinates of this cache are Plaque 01
When you find each plaque, make a note of the character on the main plaque description that corresponds to the Waypoint number. For example, if the first 2 words on the plaque for Waypoint 10 were "Chalfont St Peter" you would write down "T" as that is the 10th character. Please ignore any spaces or punctuation: you are only looking for letters or numbers.
Once you have all of the characters written down, turn the letters into numbers. In the example above where Waypoint 10 is T, the letter becomes 20 as T is the 20th letter of the alphabet. If any of the characters that you find on the plaques are already numbers, leave them as numbers.
You can find the final cache at
N (1-25)(18-4)° (3-14)(22-6).(26-9)(8/20)(23-11) W (24)(27-15)(19-17)° (7-17)(5-14-2).(28/2)(10-21)(12-16)
It may take you a while to work out the final destination based on the clues, so why not take a rest in one of the many cafes restaurants and pubs in the village ?
Pay close attention to the note on Waypoint 25. If you miss this you may get the wrong character.
Final Destination is approx 1 mile from Chalfont St Peter village centre and I recommend using a bike or car for this final spot.
Happy Heritage Trailing !