The Staffordshire Diggers Multi-Cache
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The Staffordshire Diggers
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Size: 
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An easy, flat one mile circular walk around a very scenic man made lake
The above coordinates for the nearest parking place. There is other parking close by.
When building its World Headquarters at Rocester, Staffs. The JCB company designed a superb lake and perimeter walk which is a delight. There is an abundance of wildfowl, ducks, geese and black swans. Take some bread with you, they are very friendly.
The location is not too far from Alton Towers, and ideal for the kids.
From the parking area walk along the small lake towards the road and pick up the perimeter path of the large lake. Go round the lake in a clockwise direction, answering the following questions en route. Note the numbers and letters they correspond to. This will give you the coordinates of the cache.
Dont forget something to write with.
1. Read the plaque for the five climbing men, and add together the letters and numbers in lines 1,4,5 and 6
This number is AB
2. The number of letters in the name of this sculpture is C
3. The fax no. of the JCB angling club is 01889 591(FG)7
4. The number of metal birds on the lake is H
5. Walk about 200 yards to the "mount" The total number of LETTERS on the plaque is DE
6. In front is a missing fishermans peg, what should this number be, Look either side for the answer. IJ
The coordinates for the cache are
N52.AB.CDE
W001.FG.HIJ
After finding the cache continue around the lake to the start point.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ybbx orgjrra gur ynetr naq gur fznyy