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Hernando's Hideaway Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

wykenwizard: Decided to archive this one as the location, next to a scrap yard is not one of our best planned caches. Although the scrapyard route was never the intended one, it was the one that most cachers took and the scenery obviously was not too good. We are trying to make all of our caches really enjoyable and in pleasant, safe surroundings.

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Hidden : 10/15/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


CACHE PHRASE

 

There was once a little man called Hernando.  He was a very irritating little man as whenever he spoke to anyone he spoke in catchphrases.  If he met a friend he would say, Nice to see you, to see you Nice ……….. and, Hello, Good Evening and Welcome ….. or Surprise Surprise …….and got on everyone’s nerves as he repeated them over and over.

 

One day Hernando discovered geocaching.  He drove to a place near to the village of Berkswell and decided to put together a nice little cache for his geocaching friends to find to make up for being so annoying.  After a short walk he eventually found a good hiding place for it.

 

He parked his car at: N52. 23.919 W001 38.403

 

Now see if you can discover where Hernando’s Hideaway is from the clues formed by catchphrases of famous celebrities:

What’s your name and where d’ya come from?"

Who said this?  Add together the first and last names then divide by 5    = A

 

I don’t believe it ….

Number of letters in the second word of the name of the show

where this phrase was regularly used   = B

 

Hello Playmates …….

This person was born in 190__     = C

 

I’m in charge

Who said this?  Take his first name away from his last name  = D

 

Not a phrase, more a hand gesture, counting down the

numbers in the title of his show where contestants had to

avoid the booby prize Dusty Bin ….    Find the third digit     = E

 

 

Aha ha ha – jus’ like that !

The number of letters in the name of the famous hat worn by

this celebrity    = F

 

.. and the year he died 19__4   = G

 

Swinging ….   Dodgy ..

Count the letters in this person’s surname and add 1   = H

 

You’ll like this … not a lot

This person was born on __ April 1938    = I

 

You can have any colour you like as long as it’s black

Add together the number of letters in this person’s first and last name  = J

 

N52 AB.CDE W001 FG.HIJ

The cache is an airtight and waterproof food container and originally contained:

 

ü      Notebook

ü      Pencil

ü      Show Me The Way To Go Home Travel Bug

ü      Janey’s Kansas Sunshine Geo Coin

ü      Sir Galahad of Warwick Souvenir Geo Coin No 295

ü      No 1 Mam Shopping Trolley Token

ü      West Midlands Police Teddy Bear Key Ring

ü      West Midlands Police Handcuffs Key Ring

ü      West Midlands Police Pen

ü      West Midlands Police Pencil

 

First to find may want to keep as a reward the Sir Galahad geo coin.

 

Good Luck

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx oruvaq gung pyhzc bs Unjgubear

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)