Skip to content

Smuggler's Lost Cache Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Professor Xavier: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it. Please note that as this cache has now been archived by a reviewer or HQ staff it will NOT be unarchived.

If you wish to email me please send your email via my profile (click on my name) and quote the cache name and number.

Regards

Ed
Professor Xavier - Volunteer UK Reviewer
www.geocaching.com
UK Geocaching Policies Wiki
Geocaching Help Center

More
Hidden : 5/30/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

This cache can only be accessed at low tide, please ensure you have checked the tide times before you attempt this cache and you have at least an hour of walking at low tide. 

You will be walking along the beach from Shanklin Chine to Luccombe Chine.


It is a lovely walk along the beach, the further you travel along the beach from  Shanklin the fewer people you will see. Both Luccombe Chine and Shanklin Chine were routes for smugglers.To get to the cache I recommend you park on Shanklin seafront, walk along the beach at low tide, it will take 20-30 min each way and remember you need  time to find the cache. This cache has a Pirate / Smuggler theme, with 'pieces of eight' and a few other items. Please try and keep to the theme and swap out an item with a Pirate or Smuggler theme.Leave the Fishermans Tavern and journey along the beach west towards Luccombe Chine. Pass the rocks that are visible at low tide and journey on into the next bay. As you get close to the hidden cache you will pass the mini waterfall that is the base of Luccombe Chine. You will need to scramble up into the undergrowth above the high tide mark to find the cache. This cache is the secret hideout of the Shanklin Pirates, a motley crew (of trackables that will be released into the cache) ready to travel at different times during the year. Please take a Pirate trackable (if available) and take them on a journey only if you intend to deposit them in other caches. They will need to be kept away from The British Royal Navy another group of trackables that are chasing them (soon).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur vf na byq nzzb obk, vg vf uvqqra va n ubyybj ng gur onfr bs n gerr nobhg 50-60 zrgerf cnfg gur jngresnyy bs Yhppbzor Puvar. lbh jvyy arrq gb pyvzo hc gur ebpxf naq vagb gur haqretebjgu, gur pnpur vf uvqqra ng gur onfr bs n pyhzc bs gerrf. Ybbx pnershyyl nybat gur ornpu ng cynprf jurer gur ebpxf nyybj lbh gb pyvzo jryy nobir gur Uvtu Gvqr znex. Ovg bs n fpenzoyr, hc gur onax, hc fbzr gerr ebbgf gb gur onfr bs n pyhzc bs gerrf. Jr unir znexrq gur pyhzc bs gerrf jvgu fbzr cvengr pbvaf.

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)