Cache #8 in our Discworld series, placed out on 12th March 2017, to mark the anniversary of the death of Sir Terry Pratchett
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Stage 1: "Maybe the rules were there to make you think before you broke them"
Here you will find an Information Board for the the Boscombe and Southbourne Overcliffe.
- A = Number of bylaws that start with 'No' minus number of bylaws about BBQs?
- B = Number of pictures of 'fire' in the bylaws?
- C = In the bylaws, number of 'dog' pictures minus number of pictures of 'fires'?
- D = Number of letters in the longest word in the bylaw about 'ball games'?
- E = Speed limit minus number f pictures of 'tents' in the bylaws?
- F = Number of questions asked on the box on the left hand side of the information board?
Stage 2 Co-ordinates: N50 43.ABC W001 48.DEF
(Checksum = 51)
Stage 2: Going Postal
Nearby, you should be able to answers to the following questions:
- A = How many nautical men are shown on the sign of the public house?
- B = How many o's in the name of the public house?
- C = The postbox location is BH? 218D?
- D = The number of vowels in the county where the postbox was made?
- E = How many letter r's appear in the name of the company that made the postbox?
Final Stage Co-ordinates: N50 (2*E)(B).(B+A)(C-E)(A) w001 (D)(3*B).(A)(D-B)(D+E+A)
(Checksum = 44)
Final Stage: Nothingfjord Blue
"Draco vulgaris" literally means "common dragon". These dragons are generally called swamp dragons because they evolved in swamps, where there is rather little that can be used as fuel, and this is a problem for animals that create flame to incubate eggs, fight off enemies, predators, and other dragons (competitors for food or territory), or just to dispel boredom. Swamp dragons compensate for this by evolving a huge appetite for anything that can be used for combustion. Swamp dragons can rearrange their "internal plumbing", guts, stomach, other miscellaneous tubes, to make the best use of what they have eaten, and to make the hottest flame they can. When having indigestion (a common ailment for swamp dragons), or being over-excited, a dragon tends to explode, which is the most common (practically the only) cause of death for swamp dragons. Swamp dragons are almost permanently ill; the famous swamp dragon breeder, Lady Sybil Ramkin, has written a book listing all swamp dragon diseases, their symptoms, causes, treatments, and so on.
Thankfully, there have been no reported sightings of the Nothingfjord Blue within Fisherman's Walk or the surrounding area. This cache has been placed with the permission of Bournemouth Borough Council.