NEWRY CANAL
The newry canal was opened in 1742 and was built to bring coal from Tyrone to the Irish Sea. The coming of railways in the 1850s saw the canal go into decline. While Newry continued to prosper as a port, the traffic on the canal had halved by 1888. Declining income and increasing maintenance costs meant that commecial traffic ceased in 1936. By 1956 the canal was closed as far as Newry and by 1966 the section to Victoria lock was abandoned when Warrenpoint replaced the port of Newry.
Today the lower section is used for fishing with platforms along a 3.5 mile stretch. A greenway walk now stretches from Victoria all the way to Newry. Above Newry the towpath has been incorporated into both the Ulster Way and the National Cycle Network
THIS SERIES
This is part of a large series that has been placed along the Canal. It requires a mix of walking, kayaking, climbing and cycling to find the six different types of caches.
A suggested launch point for your watercraft can be found at NC001 - Slipway.
COMPLETE YOUR DT GRID
This is also one of the eighty one caches that will enable you to complete your DT in the Newry/Carlingford area. This link will take you to a spreadsheet which will show you the other 80 caches in the series. A bookmark list is also available.
THIS CACHE
This is a hybrid puzzle and wherigo. The first step will to be to solve the puzzle. Below are six images representing movies. All you have to do is count up the number of letters in the movie title and do the calculation below.
Movie 1 = 1A
Movie 2 = BC
Movie 3 = 1D
Movie 4 = 1E
Movie 5 = F
Movie 6 = GH, J = H - G
Checksum: A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H+J = 33
WHAT IS A REVERSE WHEREIGO
You are now the proud owner of a "Reverse-Geocache-Box", which tells you the distance to the final cache but nothing else; all the instructions you need to complete this cartridge are contained within it. It can be played in English, German, Polish, Spanish, French and Czech.
To start this adventure, first you will need to download the Wherigo Cartridge on to your Smartphone (or GPSr if compatible). An app will be required to play this Wherigo; I have used WhereYouGo for Android; on iPhone one possibility is simply called Wherigo. Other apps may work also.
Click here!
Next you will have to type an initiation code into your player; you will need to calculate three six digit numbers and enter them in to your Wherigo player, at the prompt:
In the numbers below, replace the letters with values you calculated from the puzzle above
ECF36C
CAF34J
CGFB76
Finally, follow your needle until it brings you to GZ.
You might like to add into your log how many attempts it took you to reach the cache.
This cache was placed using a kayak. Please ensure you have the appropriate skills and equipment before attempting to find this cache.
It very small and the difficulty of the cache is partly due to the nature of the hide.