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Miterdale Forest 8 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/6/2015
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE ABOVE CORDINATE. A little puzzle needs to be solved in order find me.

The cache is located within Miterdale Forest and once solved can be found as part of the series of the same name.



Access to the free car park is via an unobvious left turn (when heading up the valley from Gosforth) from the main road just before Eskdale Green village. Follow this track for 5 minutes until you reach the car park adjacent from Miterdale Forest. Please be careful driving down this lane as there are many sheep.

 

Alfred Wainwright ("A.W.") was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the English Lake District.  Among his 40-odd other books are some wonderful sketch and drawing books.

The Cache is located at:

N 54 24.ABC W 003 20.DEF

A = The Far Eastern Fells

B = High Street, from Mardale Ill Bell

C = High Street, from Harter Fell

D = Upper Eskdale – Harter Fell, Eskdale

E = Scafell, from Lingmell – (The summit of Helm Crag x 2)

F = Wastwater Screes – East Buttress, Scafell

The cache has been designed to be hooked off and hooked back on again in situ. However this may not be an easy task. Please note the terrain rating of this cache. You may need extra equipment and a friend to be safe. If you don’t think it’s safe don’t go for it. It’s only a cache.

The trails and roads of the forest are marked on this open street map link


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Y. Z. Q. Iby 1Pnpur: Ybbx hc. Cyrnfr ercynpr frpheryl ba pnoyr gvr.

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)

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