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Nørreballe Nor Multi-cache

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

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Nørreballe Nor (Dansk)

Denne cache er særdeles velegnet til de dage, hvor vejret er for dårligt til at være på stranden. Den skal gås i praktisk tøj, da der kan være mudret i fugtigt vejr. Den er velegnet for børn, der kan gå 4 kilometer: Små fiskenet kan medbringes til ungerne!

Nørreballe Nor var for over 100 år siden en brakvandet fjord som havde forbindelse med Østersøen gennem Tryggelev Nor. I 1883 blev noret afspærret mod Tryggelev Nor med en dæmning og pumpet tørt ved hjælp af en vindmølle og senere en eldrevet pumpe. De næste 120 år henlå noret som kedelige opdyrkede marker, men i 2004 blev hele noret opkøbt af Fugleværnsfonden som fik pumperne stoppet og dermed blev Nørreballe Nor genskabt. Hvor der tidligere var marker er der nu op til 2 meter dybt vand og et utal af fugle (se de seneste observationer her). I forbindelse med genoprettelsen af noret blev der lavet en meget smuk sti som følger bredden af den nye sø.

Fra parkeringspladsen (start-koordinat) til cachen er der præcis 2 kilometer til fods. Cachen er udelukkende lavet som en multicache for at undgå at folk tager genveje frem til cachen. Man kan ikke komme frem til cachen lovligt ad andre veje end via de to "poster". Tag hensyn til at du går i et fuglereservat og forlad ikke stien. Cachen vil straks blive nedtaget såfremt vi modtager klager over geocacheres adfærd i området!

Step 1: 54N48.360  010E40.767
Følg markvejen direkte ned til søen. Herfra fører en sti langs bredden til den første bro (Step 1). Tæl hvor mange par ben som broen har stående i søen (dem i broens sider tælles ikke med). Gem dette tal som A. Fortsæt over broen og ad stien langs søen til:

Step 2: 54N48.341  010E40.374
Her tæller du igen hvor mange par ben som broen har stående i søen (dem i broens sider tælles ikke med). Gem dette tal som B.

Cachen
Cachen ligger godt og tørt ved 54N48.(A+2)(B-1)   010E40.(B-3)(A+B+1). Cachen er en genbrugt plasticbeholder med plads til mindre TBs i en mørk plasticpose.

God jagt!
GeoGnomerne



Nørreballe Nor (English)

This cache may provide some good fun on a bad weather day, or if you want some alternative to lying on the beach. It is a lovely walk, but you are advised to wear outdoors clothes and footwear, as the area might become muddy during wet days. It is well-suited for children being able to walk 4 kilometers. You may want to take a small fishing net for the kids - and they would not be bothered about the distance!

Over a hundred years ago, Nørreballe Nor used to be an brackish fjord, connected with the Baltic Sea through Tryggelev Nor. (Nor means a cove in Danish). In 1883, the two Nors were separated with a dam, and Nørreballe Nor was dried off with the help of a windmill, and later an electric pump. It was then cultivated for agricultural purposes for the next 120 years, but in 2004 the whole area was purchased by The Danish Bird Sanctuary Fund (link to pdf guide in English and German on the page) who stopped the pump and reconstructed Nørreballe Nor. The fields are now covered by up to 2 meters of water, and many wild birds visit this area. A hiking trail following the shoreline of the new lake has also been constructed.

There is exactly a 2 kilometers walk from the parking (start coordinates of the cache) to the cache. This cache was made as a multicache to avoid naughty cache-hunters taking shortcuts. The only legal way to the cache leads through the two posts. Please be aware that you are in a bird sanctuary, and we kindly ask you not to go off-path. We will remove the cache if we receive complaints!

Step 1: 54N48.360  010E40.767
Walk down the gravel road that leads directly to the lake. The trail takes you along the banks of the lake to a bridge (Step 1). Count how many pairs of logs the bridge is standing on in the lake (the logs on the bridge's sides are not to be counted). Save this number as A. Continue your trip across the bridge and along the lake until:

Step 2: 54N48.341  010E40.374
You must count again how many pairs of logs the bridge is standing on in the lake (the ones on the bridge's sides are not to be counted). Save this number as B.

The Cache
The cache is well hidden in a dry area at 54N48.(A+2)(B-1)   010E40.(B-3)(A+B+1). The cachen is a plastic box in a dark plastic bag, with room enough for smaller TBs.

Good hunt!
The GeoGnomes

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre genccra - gvy uøwer / Haqre gur fgnvef - evtug fvqr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)