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A Fine Pair #1861 - Maida Vale Multi-Cache

Hidden : 8/4/2025
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


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Number 1861 in a series of caches where a red telephone box is in close proximity to a post box. The only rules are that they have to be able to be photographed together, be not more than 100’ apart and the phone boxes have to be red.

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This is a short offset multi cache, The posted coordinates bring you to this Fine Pair in the beginning of Castellain Road, Maida Vale. 

To get the final coordinates for the cache, look at the both boxes and collect the following values:

The number of the red box is 0207 286D9A2.

Unfortunately, there's graffiti on the back of the red box. The number of letters in the first line of the message is B.

On the side facing the building wall there is a message on a sticker that says "You are ...". The number of letters in the remaining word is C.

The date in the bottom right corner of the post box sign is 0E/12/2023.

In the sign "This kiosk is protected for future generations": Mon-Fri 0F:30 - 17:00. 

The cache can be found a short walk away at:

N51 31.ABC W000 11.DEF

Checksum for all numbers is 47.

  

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The A Fine Pair series is managed by mattd2k. If anybody would like to place 'A Fine Pair' of their own please do. I would just ask that you first visit A Fine Pair website http://www.afinepair.co.uk to request a number to avoid any duplication. mattd2k also keeps a public Bookmark List of this series. Once your cache is published please contact him via geocachingafinepair@gmail.com to have yours added.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Puneyvr Puneyvr Gnatb Ivpgbe

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)