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Going Postal in Helen's Bay #2 Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 7/17/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Going Postal series

The series comprises of 3 multicaches and 1 bonus cache, each one starting at a post box:


Going Postal in Seahill #1

Going Postal in Helen's Bay #2

Going Postal in Crawfordsburn #3

Going Postal in Carnalea #4

To complete Going Postal in Carnalea #4 you will need to have collected the codes found within the first 3 caches in the series!

Going Postal in Helen's Bay #2


A simple multicache starting off in Station Square , Helen's Bay. At the given coordinates you will find a pillar box where you can find the information required to work out the coordinates of the cache location.

Parking is available in the Square if you can find a spot!

 

The Station Square is effectively the centre of Helen’s Bay and there have always been shops and services here.

Currently you will find a beauty spa, a hairdresser, an off-license, a pharmacy and a dental practice.

In past times, buildings here included two hotels, a sweet shop, a tearoom, a grocery store, the stationmaster's house, a dress-maker, a cobblers, the Post Office and a hall that was used for dances and also housed the telephone exchange.

 

Puzzle

The coordinates of the cache:

n54 ab.cde
w005 44.fgh


a=the hour of the last collection time on weekdays (pm)
b=the first digit of the phone number
c=the Regnal number of the monarch on the post box
d= the third digit of the address of the Bangor delivery office - the second digit of the text phone number
e= the number that appears 5 times in the textphone number
f= the first digit of the later collection time at the Bangor Delivery Office
g= the fifth digit of the telephone number
h= the second digit - the first digit - the fourth digit of the postbox number


Checksum= 19

 

Cache


The final location is around  10 minutes away by foot and is in a residential area so please be respectful of the neighbours.

The cache container is a micro camouflaged container containing a logsheet only.

The final coordinates should get you to within 15m of ground zero, but due to tree cover may not be accurate beyond this!

Remember to make a note of the codes that you find on the front of the cache logsheet to complete the series!

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg gur ynfg cbfg. Sbphf lbhe frnepu nebhaq n jbbqra hcevtug nebhaq 2 srrg bss gur tebhaq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)