GCVHV5 Who Nicked the Nar? (Multi-cache) in Eastern England, United Kingdom created by Spindlewood

This cache has been archived.

spindlewood: We have decided to archive this dinosaur of a cache. Too much brain work, too much walking, for one cache, in these days of circuits, small containers and quick finds. There is the possibility of a good series/circuit at this location, so it is now open for a cacher with more energy than we wish to expend.

Thank you to all the cachers who have found this cache, we are pleased to have given you some fun. Glenda & George. (Spindlewood)

                                                           WHO DID NICK THE NAR???

We have taken the TBs and will move them on soon.

GCVHV5 ▼

A cache by Spindlewood Message this owner

Hidden : 4/20/2006

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is a simple multi-cache involving an easy walk along part of the ‘Nar Valley Way’ involving a round walk of about 2.5ml. There are two intermediate locations to find, the first has certain features which will provide the co-ords for the second, where there is a micro containing the co-ords for the final ammo box cache.(Please replace as found). Although the walk is dog friendly they need to be under control.

Adequate parking at N52 40.706 E000 27.037, adjacent to a 17th century road bridge showing ancient knife sharpening grooves on it’s capping stones. Across the road are the groundworks of a motte and bailey castle built by Lord Bardolph, a mate of William the Conqueror, he also features in a couple of Shakespearean plays.

Follow the footpath signs NW from the parking spot to N52 41.076 E000 26.854, this will take you along an unusual, one mile long, man made ground feature, which appears to have no function or use. This is the remains of a canalised extension to the river Nar, which was excavated in the 1800s to provide a navigable water way linking Wormegay to King’s Lynn and Narborough.
For a short period this branch of the Nar provided horse drawn barges access to Wormegay, allowing loads of up to ten ton to be transported more easily than using the local roads of that period. Road and rail improvements, along with other problems brought an end to this enterprise and it was finally closed and blocked of from the Nar around 1884. On some modern maps it is shown as still containing water, but the last time a small amount of water was officially seen was in an aerial survey done in 1946. It is now completely dry, hence the name of the cache.

Arriving at this co-ord you will need to find answers to the following:

'A' = the square root of half the number of links in a single chain of the footpath ‘squeeze gate’.

'B' = total number of single chains on the footpath ‘squeeze gate’.

‘C’ = the numerical value of the centre letter of the County Council named on the stile.

‘D’ = the sum of the number of ‘T’s and ‘O’s shown within a single ‘green’ stile sign.

N52 41.AB3 E000 26.CD5

This co-ord will now take you to the location of the micro cache. As you continue along the ‘defunct ditch’; to the West you may just be able to see the ground outlines of a moat and fish ponds, which is all that remains of ‘St Mary Holy Cross & St Johns Priory’, also in the same direction there is a small concrete military building, circa 1940. This used to house equipment used to illuminate a decoy airfield, designed to confuse our Luftwaffe friends into bombing it, in mistake for RAF Marham. Both these features are accessible by public footpath and could make for an interesting diversion on your way back.

Having now retrieved the final cache co-ords a short walk will take you to it

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgntr 1. Gbb rnfl sbe uvagf. Fgntr 2. Sbhe srrg hc orgjrra Vil naq Bnx. Fgntr 3. Bire naq haqre. Hc naq bire.

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)