Of course we wanted to resurrect it, but it was too close to more recent hides, as were the various stages, to keep it in its original form and location. There was also the small matter of the length of the walk involved; at around 10 kilometres we don't think many of today's cachers would want to do that for just one smilie!
So welcome to More Lakes and Mountains which is much shorter. In keeping with the original listing, you will need to find three stages and some clues along the way. In this new version the formula to work out the location of each stage and the final is listed here on the page.
The co-ordinates above take you to stage 1. Here you will find A and B.
Stage 2 is at N54 12.AAB W004 26.A(A+B)(B+B)
C = The number of lifebelts
D = How many hundred metres for the IOM runners?
Stage 3 is at N54 12.A(A+C)(D+B) W004 26.(A+C)DA
Here you will find E and F.
The final cache is at N54 12.EAC W004 26.(FxB)(F-B)F
It is the original container as found by iomwinchesters1, and, at the time of placing, contains most of the original swag. We hope you enjoy it.
Many thanks to DEFA for permission to place this geocache.
Found after 9 lonely years lying here.