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The Tunbridge Wells Tour Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 8/10/2002
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache consists of eight locations. Questions from the first seven will lead you to the hidden cache at the eighth location.

The first seven locations also form a chain, with a question at the first giving the coordinates of the second; a question at the second then gives the coordinates of the third, and so on.


There is free parking available at Sainsbury’s (N 51º 07.433 E 0º 15.256), and the whole of this tour is easily done on foot.

The first answer from each location will need to be decoded, using this grid:

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
1 0 1 9 6 7 5 5 1 5 4 5 5 3 5 8 2 4 0 6 6 6 6 3 9 1

For example if the question tells you that the answer is *@* **@@# #*#, and you discover that the actual answer is “THE ROYAL OAK”, then you need to substitute the symbols for letters, like this:

THE ROYAL OAK
*@* **@@# #*#
.H. ..YAL O.K
So @@@ = HYA, and ### = LOK (you don’t need to use the letters associated with the *s).
Then you use the grid to turn these letters into numbers, so HYA = 591, and LOK = 554.
So the next location is N 51° 07.@@@ E 000° 15.###, which equals N 51° 07.591 E 000° 15.554

The cache is hidden at: North 51° AB.CDE East 0° VW.XYZ

1 – N 51° 07.526 E 000° 15.394

What was the name of the 1st Marquis of Abergavenny?
The answer is @@@###*

In what year did he lay the stone?
The third digit of the answer is B. (Use "B" as part of the coordinates of the hidden cache).

2 – N 51° 07.@@@ E 000° 15.###
That the waters were taken for medicinal use is suggested by archaeological and *@**@***@#* #**#****

In what year did Kip make his engraving?
The third digit of the answer is V, and the fourth is E.

3 – N 51° 07.@@@ E 000° 15.###
What was the name of Edmund Kean’s fellow actor?
The answer is *@*@@** ##*#**

In what year was this building built?
The third digit of the answer is A, and the fourth is X.

4 – N 51° 07.@@@ E 000° 15.###
Whose coat of arms is this?
The answer is *** **** *** ****@@@ ## **#*

When did Queen Victoria visit with her mother?
The third digit of the answer is Y.

5 – N 51° 07.@@@ E 000° 15.###
This school was dedicated to one King, but now pays homage to a very different King. What is the Latin motto?
The answer is **** **** @* @**@ ****###*

In what year was the school founded?
The second digit of the answer minus the first equals W. The third digit is Z.

6 – N 51° 07.@@@ E 000° 15.###
Who designed the Bath House?
The answer is @ @ @###**

In what year were the columns and portico added?
The first digit of the answer plus the third equals C.

7 – N 51° 07.@@@ E 000° 15.###
This building used to be a tavern. In what year was it built?
The third digit of the answer is D.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur vf uvqqra va gur ebbgf bs n snyyra fvyire ovepu gerr.

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)