Golden Fields Of Wheat Multi-Cache
The Wiles Bunch: Have been unable to contact land owner to arrange suitable re-location so will Archive, may replace if I get time in future.
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Gilmorton is of Saxon origin. The name Gilmorton may come from 'guilden', translated as golden fields of wheat. 'Morton' is the Saxon term for enclosure or homestead. At the time of the Doomsday Book in 1086 the population was around 140, today it is just under 900. Traditionally the local economy was based on agriculture, many of the original houses being built by farmers, there are still many working farms in and around the village.
****** PLEASE NOTE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CACHE AT THIS LOCATION PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TREAT THIS AS A VIRTUAL CACHE AND LOG IT AS FOUND IF YOU FIND THE LOCATION ******
The waypoint supplied is the start point, it is close to Gilmorton School so probably best to avoid pick up and drop off times, you will need to follow a route through the village to gather clues for the final coordinates, it is a mile to get round and back to the start and can be done in around 1/2 hour. Most of the route is on public footpaths across fields and styles, some of the fields are a little rough and it can be muddy so no high heels.
The Cache is at .. N52°29.ABC W001°09.DEF .. To find the missing digits answer the following questions-
From the Start how Far in Miles is Ashby Parva the answer is A
Walk along the path in a S/E Direction for 100m. On Mon to Fri what is the Last Collection Time for Post? - #:B# pm
The building on the opposite side of the road has two dates on it #9## & 1987. Add the three missing digits together to get C
Now cross the road and head South down the drive 170m to the Pyd (Pyd is a local name, it is Short for Pyramid an old nickname given to this structure because of its shape) Inside the Pyd on the Right there is a stone Plaque it is pretty worn but two digits are visible on the bottom right, the Highest number is D
From the Pyd Head West through the churchyard for 100m, there is a date above the entrance of the building in front of you ###7 subtract the second digit from the third to get E, now add the first digit to E and you have F
You have all the answers you need to find the cache, set a waypoint in your GPS.
From the front of the church head North 30m through a gate, turn immediately West (left) Across a Style on to the public footpath, you will notice a mound on your left this is the remains of Medieval motte & bailey.
Follow the footpath to the cache about 600m, please be aware if you taking children or pets the footpath does go through a working farm. please keep to the Footpath until you reach the cache location.
The cache itself is a sandwich box in a Green Plastic Bag from the village store. In Keeping with the theme of Wheat the cache contains the sort of things you might find in a cereal packet.
*The Cache Has been placed with the knowledge of the Land Owner*
Once you find the cache please do not take a shortcut back via the farm. Carry along the Footpath, ignore the next set of markers and follow the hedgerow on the Right to the last set of Markers and a gate. The last field is used to keep horses so please close the gate, go to the left of the Blue Stable block to another gate and you are on the road, follow your GPS back to the Start it is 250m away.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
** FBEEL PNPUR VF PHEERAGYL ZVFFVAT **
N snveyl genqvgvbany Uvqvat Cynpr va gur urqtrebj ba gur bgure fvqr bs gur qvgpu, haqre onex.
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