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SX20 04 Windmill Wander - Know Sussex Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

SkiCycle: I'm archiving these as they have run their course and the caches have become very difficult to find. Hopefully there will be a new series here soon.

Thanks to everyone that found them.

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Hidden : 6/16/2020
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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SX20 04 Windmill Wander - Know Sussex


The Windmill Wander series of 14 caches are hidden in the area around the Clayton Windmills, Jack and Jill - with great views over the South Downs. None of the caches are at their given coordinates, the final coordinates for this cache can be found by solving the puzzle below.

The Cache

Fill in the details about Sussex in the following statements:

  • The Round-Headed Rampion adopted as Sussex's county flower in 20AB
  • The Long Man of Wilmington is CD metres tall
  • The Sussex flag has E gold martlets on it
  • The South Downs run E-W across the centre of Sussex, of what rock are they formed - F ?
     If Chalk then F=1, Granite (2), Slate (3), Basalt (4)
  • Which of the following does not border Sussex (East or West) - G ?
     If Kent then G=1, Surrey (2), Hampshire (3), Dorset (4), English Channel (5)
  • The author of The House at Pooh Corner lived in Sussex and died in 19HJ

The cache, a 60ml double potted container, can be found at:

N50 H G . F (D+E) B  W0 A (J+B) . (E-F) (C-F) (J-D)

*** This series was originally intended to be released for the Sussex Mega 2020. ***
*** Thanks to sadexploration for finding the locations and maintaining the physical caches. ***

The main pictures on this page are credited below and covered by Creative Commons licences:

Diliff, Papa Lima Whiskey
Sue Wallace
Qmin


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fdhner cbfg 5 be 6 sebz gur pbeare

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)