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Too Many Olive Trees (Nelson/Marlborough) Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

Captain_S: I am archiving the entire Power of 10 series due to some misunderstandings with both cachers and landowners as to the placement of some of the caches in cemetaries.
When I first put this series out, I was very careful to approach the various people responsible for the locations, and was granted permission in all cases. It seems that either these people have moved on and not passed this information on, or reneged on the original permission.
The other reason for archiving is the number of cachers who have a problem with caches located in cemetaries, my response to that is that you don't have to find them, the choice is yours. My choice was to place them there for specific reasons and I was able to do so at the time.
If you have not finished this series and wish to find the final location (not in a cemetary) I will be happy to provide you with the co-ords.
Thanks for understanding

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Hidden : 7/12/2005
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


A Shocking reminder of the lives lost in World War Two



This is a three stage cache that is all within half a mile radius
Find the plaque at the co-ordinates above and answer the first set of questions to find a particular tree for the next step

The tree is at S41 31.ABC E173 56.DEE

A = The second number in the year the grove was established - 2
B = The numerical value to the month of VJ day
C = The third digit in the year the war ended
D = The second digit of the year the grove was established divided by 3
E = The second digit of the number of years the anniversary represents

Once you have these co-ordinates , find the tree closest that has a plaque to a soldier who won the British war Medal and the Victory Medal.
The solder has a number, use this number to find the final cache site as below

Z = The solders number

Final cache site is at S41 31.(Z-28418) E173 56.(Z-29148)

Find your way there and find the cache.
the Cache is a 1 litre Camo box with a logbook and the usual trades

Q. WHY HAS THIS CACHE GOT A NUMBER?
A. See my cache "Caching to the power of 10" for the answer
I suggest you remember the number on the cache!


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

haqre pbapergr fyno oruvaq ebpxf oruvaq gur ynfg gerr va gur ebj

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)