The Unfortunate Street Names Set - Bonus Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

mumbo jumbo: Thanks to all who've visited over the ten years this series has been up and running. Perhaps someone else can replicate with something similar?

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Hidden : 9/23/2006
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

G:UK cache rating

A couple of the feeder caches have been archived. To keep this cache going you get those values for free:
Coldbath: D = 4
Grimpits: E = 8

This drive-by series celebrates the seemingly quirky names we Brits have given to some of our streets and roads. It involves six caches plus a bonus cache in which you will (among other things) find a book on British place names. Four of them are micros; the rest are Tupperware of varying sizes with the usual goodies.

This set is for the dedicated cacher as the caches are not particularly close together. It will involve a fair amount of driving (or cycling). That said, the whole set has been done in 3 hours (well done TreasureTrailers!!).

The bonus cache co-ordinates are N52 AB.C18 W001 DE.F81. The values of the letters A - F are found in the logbook or Geocaching notice of caches 1 - 6. I had planned to call the set “A Series of Unfortunate Street Names – Cache the First / Second / Third” etc but this style is too long. The only reason I mention this is that all of the logbooks / Geocaching notices show this style as the cache name. I’ll update them as the logbooks get filled up.

Where possible, I have included information about the reason why a road is named as it is.

The other caches in the series are

1 Pestilence
2 Dogpool
3 Poverty
4 Coldbath
5 Grimpits
6 World's End

There are loads of books about place names and street names. There’s probably one for your area. In the meantime, and to whet your appetite, follow this link enter your postcode and enjoy the results.

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The Bonus Cache

The cache is not at the listing co-ordinates. These are some way from the final location in a park near to cache 4. The cache can only be retrieved if you have found caches 1 - 6 in the series and retrieved the numeric value of letters A - E to complete the co-ordinates N52 AB.C18 W001 DE.F81.

Suggested roadside parking for one car can be obtained by adding 18 to the North seconds and subtracting 7 from the West seconds. From this you can tell it is only a short walk to the cache. The ground is uneven so wear appropriate footwear. At certain times of the year you may be able to smell if you are close to the cache as the stinkhorn mushroom grows here!!

The cache is a large Tupperware box and contains a logbook, pen, candle, padlock, pack of cards, four colour biro, some colouring pencils, a pencil case and a copy of a book on British place names. There are also FTF and 2TF certificates and the splendid 2006 GOWT Coin 'O-Ren Ishii’ which I imagine the FTF will wish to take too. The place names book should not be taken from the cache. It is for the enjoyment of all.

The logbook contains details of the derivation of this road’s name. Feel free to include details of unusual road names from near you (and their derivations if you know them) in the log book or online but please no spoilers as to the road name or even the area in which the bonus cache is located.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre gur snyyra arne gur onfr bs gur snyyvat.

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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