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River Roads #11 - Derwent Street (Wellington) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/6/2016
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is the eleventh cache in a series of 16 that will take you around Wellington’s southern suburb of Island Bay where many of the roadways are named after British rivers. 


Fifteen of the caches are at the coordinates given for them. You need to record the number inside the lid of each cache to find the coordinates to a 16th cache (GC6NN4W) that contains a special geocoin for the FTF, featuring something else that Island Bay is famous for.

The coordinates for the 16th cache are South ABo CD.EFG East HIJo KL.MNO, where A is the number inside the lid of River Roads #1 – Dee Street, B is the number inside the lid of River Roads #2 – Tamar Street and so on up to O, which is inside the lid of River Roads #15 – Severn Street.

Derwent Street

Derwent Street is named one of UK’s four River Derwents.

The first Derwent is almost entirely in the English county of Derbyshire. It is 66 miles or 106 km long and is a tributary of the River Trent, which it joins south of Derby. For half its course, the river flows through the Peak District.

The second River Derwent is on the border between County Durham and Northumberland in the north-east of England. It broadens into the Derwent Reservoir, west of Consett. The Derwent is a tributary of the River Tyne, which it joins near the MetroCentre. The river flows for 35 miles from its origin, where two streams, Beldon Burn and Nookton Burn meet approximately a mile west of Blanchland, to Derwenthaugh where it flows into the River Tyne. On its journey, the river flows through places such as Allensford, Shotley Bridge, Blackhall Mill and Rowlands Gill.

The third Derwent is in the Lake District of the county of Cumbria in the north of England. The river rises at Styhead Tarn underneath Scafell Pike and flows in a northerly direction through the valley of Borrowdale, before continuing through Derwentwater, giving the lake its name.

The fourth Derwent is in Yorkshire in the north of England. It flows from Fylingdales Moor in the North York Moors National Park, then southwards as far as its confluence with the River Hertford, then westwards through the Vale of Pickering, south through Kirkham Gorge and the Vale of York, joining the River Ouse at Barmby on the Marsh. The confluence is unusual in that the Derwent converges on the Ouse at a shallow angle in an upstream direction.

River Derwent

The cache

This is a straightforward park ‘n’ grab, but is in a residential area, so please respect the residents’ privacy and be discreet. It’s on public land, so there’s no need to enter any private property or leave the road. Bring your own pen or pencil.

You are looking for a black camoed tin. Please replace it exactly as you found it and do please log a DNF if you can’t find it. There’s no shame in a DNF! This is particularly important, as this is a series of caches in which all need to be active for finders to locate the final cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ba gur onpx. Zntargvp.

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)