“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history” Carl Rowan, US author, journalist and government official.
The published coordinates are not where the cache is located. If you go to the published coordinates you will find a small commemorative plaque (attached to a piece of decking!) This will help you find both the final stage (as if you couldn't guess) and some other information needed to find the actual cache.
This cache has been placed with very kind permission of West Sussex Library Service. It is only available during normal library opening hours (see below). Please be courteous to staff, patrons and the library itself as failure to do so may result in the cache being removed / archived. You should not need to interact with the staff to find the cache as all necessary information is on this page and at the first location (with a little internet use required).
Monday - Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Sunday - Closed.
1) Final location can be found at N51 01A W0 27.B where A is the first date on the plaque minus 1506. B is the amount of letters on the plaque x 4 minus 32.
2) You will then need to count the frequency of each letter on the same plaque and for the final clue (this is NOT a coordinate) determine the following:
Number of 'Z's on the plaque
Number of 'O's
Number of 'R's x number of 'U's
Number of 'L's
Number of 'M's
Number of 'F's
Number of 'A's
Number of 'R's + number of 'A's
Number of 'M's + number of 'A's
Number of 'Q's.
Checksum (i.e. if you add up all the 10 answers above) should be 36.
“Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest” Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the US.
Congrats to CaveSpiders for the FTF. He managed to find the cache despite the adversity of bungled coordinates by CO!