Hero's of Huntingdon Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 9/1/2005
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

2005 marked the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Huntingdon
Town Charter by King John. To mark this event a combination of a cache & tributes to some of the “Hero’s of Huntingdon”. Parking is at the co-ordinates above; £1.50 would cover the cost of parking all day, although free on a Sunday – At no time will you be more than half a mile from your car so you can nip back as necessary.

** Note ** This is a "Town Cache" and 99% Wheelchair/Buggy Friendly - The final part would require assistance, just off a gravel path.
1. A short walk to the first clue : N 52° 19.544 W 000° 11.029. You will find yourself on Port Holme, a Special Site of Scientific Interest due to the ancient flora & fauna. The largest meadow in England, some 257 Acres, where Bleriot Aeroplanes were, built flown and raced around a two mile circuit on the holme as early as 1910, this was also a training school for the Royal Flying Corps. Beware in winter/spring parts of this area may be under water. And your clue can be found on a nearby sign - Godmanchester Lock & Bromholm Lane are equidistant from here x/y miles. A=y-x

Walk north from here and suggest crossing the ring road at N 52° 19.722 W 000° 11.096

2. N 52° 19.699 W 000° 10.846 Castle Hill House, a brick built residence of 1786 which was the wartime HQ of the RAF's Pathfinder Force, hence the name given to the nearby council offices. A blue plaque at the entrance reads “Between 194(B) and 194(C) this building was the Headquarters of the Pathfinder Force of the R.A.F.”


Turn West up the high street now, observe the plaque outside the Solicitors offices that the poet William Cowper (pronounced "cooper") lived here between 1765 and 1767 then passing the Grand old building, the Commemorative Hall, with Britania looking down on you as you pass

3. N 52° 19.937 W 000° 11.009 Where two of our young hero's probably played, but not together. This is Huntingdon Town Park where once stood the playing fields of Huntingdon Grammar School. Oliver Cromwell and Samuel Pepys were both students here. Look for the circle of trees; they commemorate a great European event. Note the date as 19(D)3. The museum was part of the large Hospital of St John the Baptist, founded in the late 12th Century as an almshouse and travellers' hostel. It became a part of the Huntingdon Grammar School in 1565. The building now houses the Cromwell Museum, containing paintings, documents and some personal items that belonged to Oliver Cromwell it is free to enter and browse during opening hours.

4. Past the museum to the middle of the town square N 52° 19.826 W 000° 11.077 and you will find a war memorial, "The Thinking Soldier". Dedicated to the dead of the two world wars and beyond, look closely for the "Gold Diamonds" (E) on the base of the soldier. This statue has an Antarctic connection, “Designed and executed” by Kathleen, Lady Scott, the widow of Captain Scott. Across the square you can see the Falcon Inn, used by Oliver Cromwell as a recruiting HQ during the English Civil War.

5. Another short walk to N 52° 19.859 W 000° 11.108 All Saints Church - Located on the north side of the Market Square, this is one of the two surviving medieval parish churches out of an original of 16. The font is believed to be that in which Oliver Cromwell was baptised. On the Northern corner is a memorial, "Erected to the memory of the Huntingdonshire men who died in the South African War 1899 – 1902". Find Henry Flowers, a member of the (F)th Hunts. Volunteer Battalion.

6 N 52° 19.790 W 000° 11.318 Sebastopol, Ikerman, Balacklava & Alma are all associated with this replica of a “56 pounder” cannon, originally a trophy from the Crimean war and erected at the nearby Huntingdon Railway Station in 1857 It was moved to this location and removed for salvage in 1942 to help “make tanks”. This replica was made and unveiled in 1991 by another Huntingdon Hero (?) John Major MP. On the cannon are Cyrrilic text and a four digit Serial Number,
8(G)25.

Now you have collected all the clues you can now work out the co-ordinates to the cache. N 52° 19.abc W 000° 10.def where a=B+F, b=E-A, c=E-F, d=D-A, e=G-C, f=F+(D-C)

This is a small black Lock’N’Lock container (approx 3” x 2”) – packed with a log book, pencil and some small stuff.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pyhr: Havdhr va guvf cynpr, vg'f abg n clenzvq. Gerrfl qbrf vg! Guvax Puevfgznf

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)


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