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Castle Cove - Holy Joe Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/26/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Castle Cove now easily accessed from Ventnor and Steephill was once a secret place and haunt of Holy Joe.


Castle Cove. When Mrs W was a little girl the only way to visit Castle Cove was at low tide climbing round the rocks from Steephill Cove. It was a secret and cut off as the cliff path was not a concrete highway climbing down and around it but a narrow inland track which skirted the end of the overgrown valley leading down to the cove.

Holy Joe. This valley was apparently the haunt of a hermit called Holy Joe. My mother told me her brother once ventured down there and met the man himself and then made a hasty retreat. His name was Alexander Gray, and there is a beer named after him now.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

7 ol 3, sebz raq bs fgbarf.

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)