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Mole's Fibonacci Country Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/7/2019
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Mole's Fibonacci Country Challenge

I saw a poem the other day 
The poem of Fibonacci by Brian Bilston


wrote

a poem
on a page 
but then each line grew
by the word sum of the previous two
until I started to worry at all these words coming with such frequency
because, as you can see, it can be easy to run out of space when a poem gets all Fibonacci sequency.

 

The cache is at the published co-ords - this is a challenge cache and so you have to complete the criteria in order to log a find. You may find the cache if you do not qualify but please only log a 'write note' - you may then log a 'found' on the day you qualify.

Not everyone likes a challenge cache - but for those that do, visiting other countries is a great theme to base their challenges around.
This one requires you to have visited 15 countries - however to qualify for this challenge you have to find a certain number of caches in each country. Putting it simply - Using the first 15 numbers in the Fibonacci sequence
1,1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377 and finally 610
and find a minimum of those numbers of caches in different countries

So find 1 cache in one country, then 1 in another, 2 in another and so on up to 610 in your 15th country. 

so only 1596 caches smiley  - OK that is a lot but this isnt an easy challenge 

Note - you don't have to have just found that number in each country - these are a minimum requirement, so you may have found 10 caches in each of 6 different countries and that covers the first 6 numbers 


All past finds count - so you may already qualify, in fact I know several do as we had to list a whole bunch to get this published 

Here is a checker to see if you do qualify  

 

PGC Checker

 

The D rating reflects the difficulty of the challenge
The T rating reflects the location of the cache

As required by challenge cache COs - we do qualify for this 

As follows:- Fib no. : Country (cache finds)

1: Sweden (64)
1: Denmark (69)
2: Germany (78)
3: Italy (86)
5: Hungary (88)
8: Ireland (103)
13: Belgium (115)
21: Cyprus (148)
34: Australia (201)
55: Greece (210)
89: France (221)
144: Portugal (247)
233: Spain (953)
377: New Zealand (1798)
610: United Kingdom (25934)

 

Parking is not easy here - To the north there maybe a space at the beginning of the footpath else there is space at the side of the road at the given waypoint.
If you are visiting the Castle / gardens you can walk in from the south 

 

If you cannot find a cache, do not assume it missing and do not put a throwdown as a replacement. 
Maintenance is the responsibility of the CO – if any is required, or any issue with the cache please add an ‘Owner Attention Required’ log to highlight the issue.  

 

Good luck and enjoy 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

3sg hc - Yrsg unaq I bs 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)