Tree Trivia - Bathing In The Forest
It’s been proven that just being amongst trees can make us feel happier, less stressed and more creative. That’s partly because they release chemicals called phytoncides. Research has shown that when we breathe them in, it can reduce blood pressure, lower anxiety levels and increasing pain threshold, plus they can even boost our levels of anti-cancer proteins. In Japan, forest bathing (also called 'Shinrin-yoku') is becoming a very popular pastime. This is a practice that involves doing mindful walks in forests, to soak up the relaxing vibes.
Finding The Cache
To find this cache you will have had to found the other six (letterbox) caches in the series, and turned the leaf types correctly into coordinates using the table on the first cache's cache page, it's also shown below for ease of reference. There is a Certitude Solution Checker for this cache, at the foot of the cache page, so if you think you know the coordinates click on the Solution Checker icon and enter the final coordinates in the normal format used on cache pages. If the coordinates are correct you will get more information on how to find the cache.
Cunning cachers might be able to get the Bonus by cache having just found some of the first 6 caches, but the Bonus is in an area with a lot of hiding places so the detailed clues from entering the correct coordinates into the Solution Checker will come in handy, and you'll need the full coords for that. Remember that per the info in Cache 1 in this series, the Bonus is located at: N 55° 55.XXX' W 3° 49.XXX'. Please note that as per the info on the first cache in this series, you will have less than 300m walk to the Bonus.
Because this is a Mystery Cache type there is no letterbox stamp in this final cache, but hopefully this letterbox trail will encourage folks to seek out more letterbox caches and start building up their collection of cache stamp images.
Hope you enjoyed Leaves on the Line.
Leaves & Coordinates
Bonus Cache Top Tip
To help with the bonus cache, here's a tip - don't spend too much time trying to identify the leaves as you find them, just stamp them on a piece of paper (noting the cache number) or take a photo, and then when you have collected them all, it will be easier to identify them using a process of elimination by looking at the table above. Here's another tip - due to some networks having poor mobile reception in the area you may want to get some images of the leaves on the above table downloaded to your phone beforehand, in case you can't get a signal when you get to the area. And remember, there are some leaf identifiction charts in the gallery of the first cache in the series.
Solution Checker
Click the link below to check your answers for the final coordinates. If correct, you will get a hint to find the container.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.