Inspired by my entry into geocaching and Corikra's GC28P91 'Sister Cache' I thought I'd create a cache in which solving the puzzle/answering the questions, you will obtain the missing numbers for the coordinates and you will also learn something about the my hometown.
The listed coordinates will lead you to a small park close to the cache. An appropriate place to start as my dad (who also emigrated to Townsville) and I joke about the difference in what paying our rates gets us in each town....The likes of the Strand and Riverway here compared to a few pansies in the park for the week of summer in Congleton. Fortunately however, the town is surrounded by natural beauty and a wealth of history.
GZ is at:
S 19 AB.CDE
E 146 FG.HIJ
A = The distance in kilometres from this park to Congleton Park as the crow flies (use the first digit)
B = In the 16?0s it became legend that Congleton sold its Bible to pay for a new bear to attract larger paying crowds to its bear-baiting contests.
C = Congleton is one of few places in Britain where a canal, road and railway all cross each other at the same place. The said Macclesfield Canal descends the ? (number) Bosley Locks over the course of about a mile (number of locks - 12).
D = Construction of the National Trust Tudor house Little Morton Hall on the outskirts of town began in 1504 and finished in about 161?
E = Which street is the home to both Congleton Town Football Club and Congleton Cricket Club? (number of O's in the name)
F = The first recorded reference to the town's name was in 1?8? (second digit + fourth digit)
G = The Cloud or Bosley Cloud is a prominent hill on the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire a couple of miles west of the Peak District National Park boundary. It sits at ? metres in height. (Add the numbers in metres then use the second number. e.g. A+B+C=DE (use E))
H = There is one weekly local newspaper: The Congleton ? (number of letters in the name).
I = The number of kilometres from Congleton to Manchester? (first digit + second digit)
J = The Gothic Town Hall designed by Edward William Godwin was completed in 186?
Congratulations to Frullet for being the FTF.
