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Life's a Beach #6 - Lympstone Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/23/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache in Lympstone, Devon, is part of the Life's a Beach series started by heartradio in 2016



If you would like to add more caches to this series, please feel free to do so! Please contact heartradio through his profile first so that he can keep track of numbers and avoid duplications.

 

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The headline coordinates for this short multi take you to The Green - an off-road seating area close to the beach where you can enjoy views of the Exe Estuary and find out more about the many birds and other creatures you might spot in the area. All the necessary information needed to work out the coordinates for the cache-hide can be found here.

 

The cache is hidden a short walk away - please note that although much of Lympstone is on the Exe Estuary Trail, some of this is on roads with no pavements nor defined cycle lanes.

Questions to answer:

1. The number of wooden-framed glass-cased notice boards here = A

2. The number of Eagles in the poster = B

3. The date on the plaque in memory of Alison Headly Brown, naturalist, is 19C7

4. Number of Oystercatchers + number of Dunlins + number of Grey heron = D

5. The total number of items of wooden furniture (benches + table-benches) = E 

6. The number of stone troughs = F

7. The number of letters in the name of the only duck named in this picture  = G

8. The number of cockle shells in the bird poster = H

9. The number of non-table ie armed benches here = J 

The cache is smaller than a micro but bigger than a nano and can be found at:

N50 (C - E - A) (G + B) . D (G - E) (F - A)

W 003 (E - J) (H + A) . (D + F) (E + F) (G -J) 

Lympstone is a pretty village in East Devon lying on the River Exe estuary and is accessible by road, cycle and walking trails and by train via the Avocet Line from Exmouth and Exeter. It has a harbour, the area around which is topped by National Trust land.

The riverside houses back straight onto the shore and are thus vulnerable to flooding, so sturdy metal gates have been placed at the beach ends of the little alleyways that run between the houses, and these are closed when high tides are due.

At low tide it is possible to walk along the beach from the harbour or from the various slipways or steps down to the beach from the passageways.

The large Italianate clock-tower called 'Peter's Tower' was built around 1885 as a monument to his wife by W.H. Peters.

There are a few steps at The Green so the required information would not be accessible to wheelchair users and the cache itself is at ground level.

You will need to bring a pen.

 

Checksum of answers for A to J = 38

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unatvat, sebz nccebkvzngryl xarr-urvtug, abg arne sybjref

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)