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Grafton Street's a Wonderland Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/22/2022
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Grafton Street's a wonderland.
There's magic in the air.
There's diamonds in the lady's eyes
And gold dust in her hair,
And if you don't believe me,
Come and meet me there,
In Dublin on a sunny summer morning.

(Trad.)

Join us, if you will, for a stroll around Grafton Street and a little observation.  Your task is to find the letters in the image below, all of which can be seen without straying off the street.  They may be under your feet or above your head, so this might take some time.  When you find one, count the number of letters in the full word it occurs in, and then use the formula below to work out the final coordinates.  The final is located some distance away, in a quiet place where you can relax after all that looking and counting.  

If a word contains a possessive 's, count the final 's as a letter, so "McCarthy's" counts as 9. If the letter occurs in a multi-word sequence, like "Duke Street" or "The Magic Shop", count the letters in the single word, so the K of "Duke" gives 4, and the G of "The Magic Shop" gives 5.

 

The cache can be found at: N53  (N+Q-G)(E+R-L).(I+A-K)(P+H-C)(B+Q-F)  W006 (P+E-F)(K+D-H).(D+J-M)(D+O-G)(L-R-N)

You can gather the information at any time of day, but it's going to be harder at night.  The final is available 24/7.   

 

 

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This cache was inspired by GC636MM Saved from Shopping in the UK and GC5M5MG The Letters on the Wall in Belgium.  We hope you have as much fun here as we did there.

 

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqr: vafvqr oynpx.

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)