A second multi-cache in the grounds of the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Overton, midway between Huddersfield and Wakefield on the A642 in West Yorkshire.
The museum is open from 10.00am to 5.00 pm. Wednesday to Sunday and admission and parking is free although you can donate by buying a parking ticket if you wish. Please see here for more details and any further guidelines and requirements .
The museum provides a fascinating insight into the history of coal mining brought to life through interactive exhibitions and displays and you can even take an underground tour all free of charge! There is a restaurant/snack bar and gift shop on site as well.
in 2006 the museum opened a new extension based on the imaginatively restored colliery buildings of adjoining Hope Pit. These now host a fascinating assortment of interactive audio/visual displays and virtual guides about the science of coal mining upon which the clues to find “All Hope is not Lost II” are based.
The coordinates given are for the Museum Car Park (however during the current pandemic please park as directed on arrival)
Way Point 2 below gives you the Museum reception where you should go first and pick up an admission ticket (free) and also an information leaflet with map which you might find useful. Whilst at reception you may want to book an underground tour (free) for later and have a look around the gift shop which is stacked with goodies suitable for caches.
Now find your way up to Hope Pit – it's 300m west of reception. At busy times such as Bank Holidays and School Holidays a pit train runs between Cap House and Hope Pit if you want to catch it. In 2021 tickets costis £2.50 per person.
1. First go to The Workshops (Waypoint 3)
- A = The number of wheels on the green locomotive minus 2
2. Then to the Compressor House (Waypoint 4)
- B = The number of the Hydrovane Compressor minus 169
3. Then over to The Fan House (Waypoint 5)
- C = The first 2 digits of the start date on the model of the steam driven ventilator at Temple Newsome minus 11
4. Finally The Winding Engine House (Waypoint 6)
Here Eric the virtual foreman will (eventually) talk to you! … Listen carefully, it’ll make yer eyes water!
- D = The number of minutes to six he started work minus 15
- E = The number of miners he had to get down t’pit between 6 and 6:30 minus 115
- F = The number of men to a cage minus 9
Checksum = 33
Now back outside to find the cache which is a short way away located at:
N53 38.ABC
W1 37.DEF
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
You're looking for a small tub/canister with space for small TBs and swapables - bring your own pen, no tweezers needed here.
Good luck ...
You may also like to do this cache in conjunction with other Caphouse Capers Caches and the Earthcache in the MCM grounds:
Caphouse Capers - Going Underground. (visit link)
Caphouse Capers - The Reed Beds (visit link)
Caphouse Capers - The Settling Ponds (visit link)