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Holmpton Number 21. The Moving Pill Box Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

SuePnRK: The moving sand here has acted quite strangely this year. Possibly as a result of them extending the sea defences at Withernsea, instead of the normal erosion, the sand here has built up so that it more or less completely covers the bunker. It has been that way for some time and gives every indication that it will stay like that for months at least. As this makes this multi effectively undo-able, we are archiving and will be putting a reaplacemet nearby very soon.

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Hidden : 12/18/2024
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Note the Pill Box is no longer at the cliff top as shown on Google Maps, but on the beach – see below.

We are calling it the Moving Pill Box because it has managed to get down from the cliff and onto the beach almost intact, and it now moves about the beach a little as well. 

When you visit the Pill Box, you will need to observe

A: How many sides it has on the outside (ignore the roof)

B: How many metal brackets (originally to support shelving?) are left that stick out of the walls on the inside for a significant length. (Temporary Edit : The sand has covered the inside to an exceptional level and covered them over right now. To avoid you having to shift a ton of sand, the answer is 5)

C: How many firing slots/viewing slots it has (hint in case they are partially covered by sand - there are an even number on the side directly facing the sea)

D How many holes there are in the roof (breathing holes?) that you can clearly see through from the inside.

The physical cache is at:

N053 (C-A)(A-B).(C+B-A)(C+B-A)(B+D)  E000 (A-A)(C-A).(D-D)(A-B)(C-A)

NB The ratings for this is our best estimate of the average. The difficulty varies quite considerably depending on how wet the weather has been (affecting how easy it is to get up and down the cliff), whether the beach fishermen have recently cut steps down to the beach, movement of, and the amount of water in, the drainage ditch (it sometimes floods the Pill Box to an extent), how much sand is on the beach (the sand moves considerably and can partially fill the Pill Box reducing it’s effective height or even cover it completely) and of course the state of the tide (it is normally not reachable at high tide without getting wet).  

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur ybt vf va n uneq cynpr gb svaq.

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)