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An Exercise in Emmet Avoidance Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 2/18/2006
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A multi taking in some of the sights of Newquay. A 4km walk which involves steps and is possible at all tides but best at mid or low.

This route will be crawling with emmets during the summer months but hopefully you can find a few minutes alone at the cache site.

"Emmet" - Cornish word for ant. Now used to describe those visiting our shores during the summer season.

Sorry the walk isn't circular but Newquay is a linear town!

Try to find on road parking in the roads around the first location or, if it’s busy, then park in a car park nearby. Or walk or cycle to the first location.

NOTE: The original cache was muggled in April 2006, it has now been replaced and moved to a new location.

 

The multi begins at the above co-ordinates, this is location 1

 

Location 1

 Write the date the Beatles arrived in Newquay in the British format (e.g. dd/mm/yyyy)

Now you have some numbers ab/cd/efgh

 To get to location 2 put the numbers into these co-ordinates

 N 50 b4.dd3

W 005 05.b3a

 

 Location 2

Have a look at the new poster but until I get down there to look at it myself I have to give you the next set of co-ordinates.

Location 3 is at these co-ordinates

 N 50 25.100

W 005 05.253

 

Location 3

Subtract 281 from the number of hogsheads. This is ???

To get to location 4 put the number into these co-ordinates

N 50 25.???

W 005 05.337

 

Location 4

Subtract 995 from the date of restoration. This is ???

To get to location 5 put the number into these co-ordinates

N 50 25.378

W 005 05.???

 

Location 5

How many lives were saved between 1899 and 1934? This is ???

To get to location 6 put the number into these co-ordinates

N 50 25.???

W 005 05 821

 

Location 6

You are looking for numbers written as ab/cdef.

Put these into the following to find the cache location:

N 50 2 a . (c+b) (a+b+d) (a-b)

W 005 0 (c+d) . (b+d) c e

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[clue for location 6] Ba gur genafsbezre obk [clue for cache] ba gur yrsg bs gur fyvtugyl ybjre cngu nf lbh jnyx bhg gb frn haqre bireunatvat tenff

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)