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A Canadian Actuary's Nightmare Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/27/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Having had fun finding caches around Maple Ridge when visiting our son and his family and being in poetic mood, I thought I'd give something back and set a little puzzle. I hope it doesn't take too many years to solve.


The co-ords take you to a place from which, being aware of my carbon footprint, you can reach the actual cache site by public transport.

Once upon a time there were two men, Alf and Bert, who went out drinking. When we meet them Alf had had his fill of gin and was becoming rum-soaked and Bert was pickled. They decided they would like to become farmers.

Alf fancied being a dairy farmer so he bought 10 cows, 15 goats, a mule to carry the cans of milk and a cat to act as taster.

Bert thought he'd like to be a sheep farmer so he bought 28 sheep and two dogs and a horse to round them up.

Both bought four hens as they liked an egg for breakfast.

The cache is in plain view and wheelchair accessible and is at N 49 13.(Alf + his purchases + 4) W 122 34.(Bert + his purchases + 8).

Please BYOP and tweezers. Please handle the cache gently and replace exactly as found to preserve the camo.

 

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Erfg sebz lbhe ynobhef naq ybbx haqre.

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)