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Elgin Oakwoods-Troglodytes (Kids) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 12/28/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Several Cache co-ordinates taken (create a mean value) with Garmin Etrex 10 GPS; (3m error)

This Geocache hide is a wooden handmade miniature birdhouse.

Continue along the main path and just past the junction of four footpaths on your RHS, going uphill.


Please remember to bring TWEEZERS and something to write with. Thanks


SESSILE OAK

Less famous than English oak, but no less loved, the sessile oak towers in the woods. Squirrels, jays and badgers love their acorns and caterpillars flock to eat their leaves. It is so-named because its acorns are not held on stalks like those of the English (Pedunculate) oak, but are attached directly to the outer twigs.

Each acorn contains only one seed enclosed in a tough shell.  Apart from being a seed, they are the main food source for many birds, such as Woodpecker, Pigeons.  Squirrels, mice, rats, deer also consume acorns.

However, if you are a dog owner, you should note that acorns are TOXIC for your animal/s.


A SPECIAL THANKS to the Moray Council for their permission to place these caches.


OAKWOOD GEO-TRAIL.

Continue along the main path, bending once again to your right. Do NOT turn off this path until you reach the next cache. The cache his on your RHS, just after the junction of four footpaths.


Map of Oakwood Geo-Trail

KIDS WHO AM I?

  1. I was on the Farthing Copper coin.
  2. I was on a Royal Mail stamp in May 2017.
  3. I eat insects, and spiders.
  4. A short narrow tail that often sticks up.
  5. I am tiny, round, dumpy and brown.
  6. Also known as “Jenny ****”.

***CONGRATULATIONS AH!*** - FTF

***CONGRATULATIONS GRAMPSY*** - STF

***CONGRATULATIONS GF1967*** - TTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)