The co-ordinates above are for the entrance to the car park in Wardown Park, adjacent to the Museum. Here you will have to find the answers to six puzzles / questions. The answers to the first five can all be found in the immediate vicinity of the Museum building. To answer the last, you will have to take a short walk alongside the lake. It's a 'Family Friendly' cache and baby buggies shouldn't have too much of a problem. Wheelchairs might struggle with the terrain at the cache site, though. During the day, there is a kiosk open where you can buy food and drink and there is also a childrens play area. During the summer, you can hire a boat and have a play on the pond.
One word of warning, though. A few years ago a young woman was assaulted and raped not far from where the cache is hidden. While it is perfectly safe during the day, I wouldn't recommend trying it at night if you're a lady.
Each of the following puzzle questions will give you one of the six digits you will need to complete the cache co-ordinates. Good luck
On the Top Bishop’s wall four numbers lie; a date... you will agree?
Discard the odd ones, you don't need them. The even one is ’E’.
Round and round the wheel goes, the donkey walks all day.
To lower the bucket is his task; walking forward all the way.
You may think this was very cruel, the donkey’s sorry plight,
But a number you need is in there. How many spokes on the donkey’s right?
Count them well and count them true, no need to waste the day.
Then subtract the number you have for ’E’. The answer = ’A’
When miles ruled, in days of old, this puzzle was set or so I’m told
Add Dunstable to Markyate and you will have a number…. Wait.
From London subtract St Albans twice. Be careful now or pay the price
Then subtract the number you had before. The answer = ’F’, for sure.
Poor Sandy passed away in March, his owner shed a tear
But don’t you cry for a number you need is in Sandy’s fatal year.
Discard the first and second, too. Then the third can go, you see
It’s the final digit that you want. The last number = ’C’
Find a green ladder on a tank set up high
How many steps to reach the sky?
To count the rungs will take but a trice
But to get number ‘B’, subtract the speed limit… twice.
For the last clue, you need to take a short walk beside the lake. It doesn’t matter which side you take but please observe the notices and “Don’t Feed The Waterfowl”
Over water, walk on wood; you’re suspended in the air
Swaying gently in the breeze but how many cables keep you there?
Not the thin ones hanging down but the thicker ones you’ll see
The ones that go from side to side. The answer = ‘D’
As a check, add your six answers together. If you have all six answers correct, the total will be 30
The cache is a modest sized 'Tupperware' type container and is hidden at:-
N51 5A.BC1 W00 2D.EF4
This is a very popular place so whilst the cache is well hidden from casual passers-by, you will not be, so please take extra care while you're at the cache site.
Please do not leave items of food or drink in the cache.
A word of warning to those of you that don't much like spiders. The last time I visited the cache a huge, black, hairy monstrosity had taken up residence alongside the cache box.
Please check out the G.A.G.B and G:UK web sites. They offer support for all Geocachers in the UK.