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Welcome to Maidstone Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/12/2020
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to Maidstone - Tree Carvings

"A TALENTED chainsaw artist, Peter Leadbeater, has carved an old tree into an inventive tribute to the Garden of England.

The sculpture is designed to help improve the appearance of the A20 Ashford Road and to act as a ‘welcome’ to Maidstone.

The 12-foot wildlife wooden monument can be found at the junction of the A20 and New Cut Road by the traffic lights."

The Cache...

Wait? Why is Ground Zero (GZ) next to a small pine tree you ask..?

Well, There is now TWO carved trees :D so perfect for a Multicache!

 

At GZ, face the road, turn left towards the traffic lights, See the 1st carving? This will give you NORTHINGS

Turn right... (might have to wiggle a bit) That carving will give you EASTINGS

Where...

 

N 51 16 . cherries / hop bines times two / pears+apples+strawberries

E 000 32 . squirrels / 2nd word plus 3rd word / butterflies+rabbits+foxes+owls+bees+woodpeckers+hedgehogs

(where i list 'rabbits' it might be a hare count as the same thing)

Checksum = 30

DO NOT PARK IN TURKEY MILL - PRIVATE AND SECURITY WILL EJECT YOU.

 

Please do not include spoilers of final location in your logs, it's nice to be able to chip away at puzzles and multi's by oneself. Should you need some help, just drop me a quick message via the messenger service at the top of the cache page (next to my name) and it will ping up instantly on my phone (should I not be otherwise engaged)

SianS beta tested the numbers ;)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Purpx nyy sbhe pbearef bs gur erpgnathyne funcr.

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)