This cache is part of a series of caches which are placed at or near village halls and community centres.
For details and statistics about the Village Hall Series please visit Village Hall Series website
This is my local Village Hall, and this cache is the very first one in this series to be placed in Buckinghamshire.
I was told by someone who has since sadly died, that the land was donated to the village by a significant local landowner, and the hall was built in 1902.
It was extended in the early 1970's to provide an entrance foyer, a large kitchen, a chair store, and bigger, better toilet facilities. More recently it has undergone minor improvements to keep up with wear and tear, and the ever increasing regulations
The hall is in regular use with bridge club, art classes, dog training, and Ellesborough Silver Band being weekly users. It is also used for parties, balls, funereal wakes, meetings, and is a designated polling station. 2 separately accessible meeting rooms are available at the rear for small meetings while the main hall is being used.
Now on to the cache-
This is a simple multi, where you need to find some values around the hall and apply them to the formula.
1. Near the hall's front door is a brass plaque showing the date and position that a cache was placed, but this pre-dates geocaching!? Use the numbers in the date, and let them be A B C D E F G
2. At the rear of the hall is a bench with a brass plaque on it. How many letters in each part of the name, and let them be H J
3. The car park at the rear has a maximum length of stay. Let that be K hours.
The cache is located at N51 45. (B-D) (K-C) (E+G) W000 46. (H+D) (J-C) (A+C+F)
The cache container is disguised as something else. When you find it, it is NOT removable, just gently unscrew the lower part to reveal the log. Also please be very gentle when refitting so as not to cross thread it, and please do not over tighten. The lid has gone AWOL, so for now the log is in a bag tucked up into the container, you may need a pen or tweezers to extract it.
To find the cache, you will need to leave the hall surrounings, so be careful, as the roads round here are very busy at times! Parking is normally available behind the hall.
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If you would like expand the series and place a cache of your own
please request a number using the contact form on the website or email
GeoJaxx at villagehallseries@gmail.com
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Congratulations to ammotuner for the FTF! :)