Map Meander

Letterbox Hybrids are a special type of cache which aim to replicate the original Letterboxes placed on Dartmoor. The location of the Dartmoor Letterboxes is sometimes defined by reference to different features on the landscape - the location of this Letterbox Hybrid is defined by OS symbols on the Landranger series of maps.

You can solve the puzzle using OS Landranger Map 198, but it is probably easier to solve it online, using Streetmap (or if you subscribe, OS Maps). The puzzle has been tested on both Streetmap and OS Maps, but not on a paper map. Note that the scale in Streetmap must be set to 1:50,000 (zoom level 4) for you to see the correct map symbols. Start at the The South of England Showground, grid TQ3430 on the map.

To solve the puzzle simply follow the list of instructions, moving from 1km square to 1km square in the direction indicated until you find the appropriate map symbol. From the start point move East examining each 1km square until you find one that contains a Church with a spire. Then, from the centre of that 1km square move North until you find a Railway Station. Follow through the whole list, picking up the values along the way.

For clarity, it is the position of the symbol that defines the square. In one or two cases the symbol may have a little line pointing outside the square, the location needed is a square containing the whole of the symbol, not the line nor a symbol which is only partially in the square. In all moves you will travel at least one square, and the longest move is less than 10 squares. Some of the symbols are difficult to see – just keep looking.

The cache can be found at:

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