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SGCB - Latitude and Longitude v OS grid references Multi-Cache

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Professor Xavier: Hi

The GAGB and HQ have been informed by Forestry England that certain caches within the New Forest will need to be disabled. This is due to the respective areas now being considered fragile to wildlife/plantlife and FE wishing to restrict (where possible) access to these locations.

You have the option to relocate the cache (and apply for new permission in the new location) or archiving the cache and removing the container to prevent it becoming litter.

I have disabled this listing whilst you decide how you wish to proceed with this cache.

I am in the process of obtaining maps of the restricted areas.

If you have any questions then please email me.

Ed - Professor Xavier (volunteer reviewer)

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Hidden : 7/23/2019
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The SGCB series is both for everyone and Scouts working on their GeoCaching Badge (leaders see OSM for activity info). There are 6 caches and whether you start at Crossways or from Burbush car-park, they are best done in an anti-clockwise direction to save more than a little back-tracking. It’s about a 3.5 mile walk round the series from one of the parking areas. The views from Dur Hill Down on a clear day go for miles. 

“This cache is on Forestry Commission land and has been placed in accordance with the GAGB  Forestry Commission Agreement. As part of this Agreement, it is not permitted to seek the cache during the hours of darkness”.

GPS locations use Latitude and Longitude references. This system works best for anything global. But locally, other systems can work better and in the 1930s, the Ordnance Survey came up with the Great Britain grid system and this is what appears as blue lines on all OS maps. When we use maps to hike, this is what we use to route plan with.

If you were at a nearby site, a satellite might be transmitting "50.796061, -1.738773" to you, but the OS grid reference there is SZ184996, quite different.

The cache

Using an OS map, work out your grid-reference here. (If you have no map, you could use streetmap website and if you need help you can find it on the this helpful OS guide.) Then use a map to find out the direction from here of the nearby Trig Point.

 

      If you're at SZ 0139 1923, go northerly to SZ 0144 1918 (about 30m on the path)

      If you're at SU 0139 1923, go southerly to SU 0144 1918 (about 30m on the path)

      If you're at SZ 1923 0139, go easterly to SZ 1918 0144 (about 30m on the path)

      If you're at SU 1923 0139, go westerly to SU 1918 0144 (about 30m on the path)

 

      If the Trig point is SSE of here, use HOLLY in the clue

      If the Trig point is ESE of here, use OAK in the clue

      If the Trig point is WNW of here, use PINE in the clue

      If the Trig point is NNW of here, use SILVER BIRCH in the clue

 

 

PS Don't miss the views just 125m west of the cache if the weather is right

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx sbe gjb lbhat *** gerrf ba gur yrsg-unaq fvqr bs gur cngu, gur pnpur vf ng gur onfr bs gur yrsg unaq bar nf lbh ybbx sebz gur cngu

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)