A Letterbox Hybrid that is not hidden at the posted coordinates. It is about one mile from posted parking. In addition to the normal logbook and trade items, it also contains a letterbox stamp, inkpad, and stamp book. Please do not remove the stamp, ink pad, or stamp book. THEY ARE NOT TRADE ITEMS!
Alba is the original name for Scotland in Gaelic (as with most things it is more complicated and refers to the merger of the picts and scots, but for practical terms it means what we think of as Scotland today).
The original container for Scottish Sorcerer GC7V26G was muggled. After placement, an unofficial campsite was established nearby and apparently the container was too tempting for the muggles who invaded the area. It was replaced by a friend with a plastic ammocan, but not the decorative container I originally placed. Due to the risk of repeat muggling I didn't want to put a special container here. So instead of moving the final, I have left it in the same location, and hidden this one in a better location. This one contains a special handcarved stamp of the Scottish Flag. It is a special container as well.
To find Alba, you will need the starting coordinates. They can be found in the following locations
1. Scottish Sorcerer GC7V26G has the full coordinates
2. Anti-Alba GC9DVV3 has the full coordinates (to be published in August 2021)
3. Edinburgh Castle GC7TXNR has the North coordinates and Flowers of Scotland GC7TM74 has the West coordinates
Once you have the starting coordinates, project 0 degrees true north 210 feet. If you aren't into projections, just walk about 70 steps in that direction. The container is specially painted, and had a special stamp. It is less than 1/2 mile from Scottish Sorcerer, so I recommend you find this one after finding the Scottish Sorcerer. Alternately, if you get the coordinates from one of the other caches listed above, you can park at the posted coordinates and go overland through the "highlands" (bushwack).
This is a letterbox hybrid. In addition to the normal logbook and trade items, it also contains a letterbox stamp, inkpad, and stamp book. Please do not remove the stamp, ink pad, or stamp book. THEY ARE NOT TRADE ITEMS!
A basic letterbox hybrid should consists of the following (this is my criteria not that of Groundspeak):
1. a stamp
2. a distinct pad of high quality art paper for collecting stamps, that is distinct from the log book, and is large enough to leave impressions from your own personal stamp.
3. An inkpad. Some geocachers omit this because it can dry out, but water can be added to the pad if needed.
A "true" letterbox would also have the following elements:
4. a hand carved stamp
5. require route finding addition to GPS coordinates: in other words the GPS leads you to the starting or intermediate point, but then a description is necessary to find the final container.
6. Be listed on letterboxing.org or similar listing.
This is a true letterbox hybrid, having all of the above components.