Doing 'The Topsham Ten' is a famous local activity for any who enjoy a good
pub crawl - the town's large number of watering holes is a legacy of its
maritime past. The one that really stands out is The Bridge Inn, which made
history in 1998 as the first pub ever officially visited by the Queen.
The posted co-ordinates are for the FREE car park.
This 11 stage multi-cache will take you on the famous "Topsham Ten"
pub crawl route. I won't suggest having a drink in each establishment like the
University students do, but the difficulty is raised to 5 if you get to the
cache with 10 pints down your neck!
You will visit the following places (in no specific order): The Lord Nelson,
The Exeter, The Salutation Inn, Drakes wine and Ale House, The Bridge Inn, The
Lighter Inn, The Globe Hotel, The Passage House Inn, Saffron&Denleys, and
the Steam Packet. The satellite reception is poor in the town centre, but it
should be good enough to get you to the pubs. You know you are looking for
drinking establishments, so it's not like you need to be dead accurate anyway. There is no need to enter any establishment to get any of the clues.
Anyway, on with the pub crawl! If you walk it all from the car park, the walk to the cache will be about 2 miles,
then 1 mile back to the start. The first pub could be done as a drive-by before going to the car park to save some time and distance. The rest of it should be walked and/or crawled.
| Suggested order for visiting the pubs (& questions) |
Answer |
N50° 41.067, W3° 27.586
Which century on the sign on the wall?
Taking the first digit away from the second digit gives H |
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N50° 40.882, W3° 27.840
A prominent date on the building "nnnn"
The first digit gives you I |
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N50° 40.881, W3° 27.883
"Which Pub Guide" and some years on a plaque (nnnn nn)
The first digit gives you B |
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N50° 40.932, W3° 27.909
How many white wings on the black disc on the wall?
Triple the answer to give D |
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N50° 41.005, W3° 27.931
An inspection cover on the ground by the front door has embossed numbers: (nnnnnn-nnnn)
Take the last digit away from the first digit to give you C |
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N50° 41.027, W3° 27.929
Count the floor tiles at the main door (2 digits)
Final digit is G |
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N50° 41.005, W3° 28.035
Alarm box on the wall with a phone number (5 digits)
The number of 1's in the phone number gives you F |
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N50° 41.125, W3° 28.025
Whitbread and a year "nnnn"
The final digit gives you J |
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N50° 41.205, W3° 28.080
There is a number high up on the wall (white and black)
This single digit gives you A |
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N50° 41.222, W3° 28.094
How many handles on the wheel on the gate?
Add these two digits together to give E |
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The cache is at:
N50° AB.CDE, W 3° FG.HIJ
and is a blue lidded 2 litre Tupperware container. Don't feel obliged to take
anything but please leave something of similar value if you do. Please make sure
you replace the container exactly as you found it please.
I hope you enjoyed the tour!