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John Dobson Adventure Lab 'Bonus' cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/30/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


This is the 'Bonus' cache for our ‘What did John Dobson ever do for Newcastle?’ Adventure Lab.

Jesmond Old Cemetery is a Victorian cemetery in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, founded in 1834. It contains two Grade II listed buildings and seven Grade II listed monuments as well as the graves of dozens of notable people from the history of Tyneside. The cemetery was designed by John Dobson who was later buried in the cemetery

The Cache is not at the posted coordinates! You must complete the associated adventure lab to obtain the relevant data in order to calculate the coordinates for this cache which is located a short walk away. 

If you have not done so already, you will need to download the Adventure Lab App from Groundspeak before loading this Adventure.

Use your phone's native QR code scanner to open this adventure in the Adventure Lab mobile app or use the following URL:

https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/WDJDEDFN2020

Dobson QR Code

 

During your tour around Newcastle you will have entered and recorded (I did ask you to keep note!) a total of twelve individual 'digits' in order to complete the questions posed in the Adventure Lab - ADD these individual digits together, The Total = T

The Final Cache is located at : N54 58.(T x 27) + 14    W001 35.(T x 27) - 55

We hope you enjoyed your tour around Newcastle - we would love to see any pictures you may take during your visit. Please add then to your log.

Happy Caching 

GeordieSamurai

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvagf jvyy or cebivqrq nf lbh pbzcyrgr gur Nqiragher Yno frevrf. HCQNGRQ WNA 2023 - Pnpur vf abj n qvfpb - fznyy jbbqra 'Ybt' jvgu gur ybt va gur raq!

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)