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Highwayman Hostelry Multi-Cache

Hidden : 2/10/2022
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The pub before you is suppposedly named after local highwayman 'Brockley Jack'.  While there is little evidence to suggest this is anything more than local legend, the pub was reputedly frequencted by highwaymen, including Dick Turpin.  The modern-day pub still bears the image of a highwayman on its sign board.

The pub was previously known as 'The Crooked Billet' in the 18th century and 'The Castle' in the early part of the 19th century.  The old pub, which was then still a rural, wayside inn, was a long, low building which had been extended and altered many times.  In the garden were rows of seats and a large tree stump which carried the pub's sign board, which was written on a whale's shoulder blade.

   

The pub was rebuilt as a more substantial structure in brick and stone in the late 19th century, in the style of a more run-of-the-mill Victorian public house.  If you look at the pub façade you will see a representation of the whale’s shoulder blade that once hung out front.  Beneath this are 4 numbers – ABCD.

The cache can be found in the following location:

N51 27.(A+1)B(D-4) W000 02.(A+3)(C-6)(B-5)

Please replace the cache exactly where you find it, to hide it from view.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guerr Crnxf qbja ybj.

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)