The Ghostly Haunted Trail
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This is a NIGHT ONLY multi cache and can only be done in the
dark.
Have you got the nerve to tackle this cache in darkness? You will
wander along dark mysterious tracks with eerie shadows and strange
noises all around you. The hair on the back of your neck will stand
up, as you will be sure there are eyes watching your every move.
The further you go, the darker it will become. If lucky, there will
be a full moon to help you, but more likely, you will only have the
beam of your flickering torch for guidance. You may hear the
occasional distant howl or scream, and nearer to you, a rustle in
the trees or a crack of a breaking twig. Dare you continue when all
your instincts say turn back?
If you still think you are up to it, then gather together what you
require for this spooky night cache. As well as your GPS, each team
member will need a good torch and spare batteries, good footwear
and warm clothing, a spare torch and yet more spare batteries, pen
and paper, even more spare batteries for the GPS (as you’ll need to
use its backlight) and finally something to calm their nerves!
Park at the suggested place, or somewhere else close by. Do not try
to drive to the start as the barrier by the Boathouse Inn is locked
each evening. Waymark it’s location; if you have to make a hasty
retreat to the sanctuary of your car, you need to know where you
left it! Walk to the start at the listed co-ordinates in single
file. This avoids hazards like holes and branches on the side of
the path. It’s also supposed to be safer this way, apart from the
last one in the line getting picked off without the rest knowing!
When there, look around for a glowing four-leaved clover (It’s
supposed to be lucky, and you need luck to survive what is ahead of
you). You will need to hold your torch at HEAD HEIGHT to see
this reflector. Like all the reflectors in this hunt, they are in
trees above head height. At the base of the tree to which it is
attached is a micro that contains the co-ordinates of the next
reflector. All micros and the final cache are hidden this way
except for one tree behind a wire fence, so that micro is behind
the nearest fence post. At this point you still have the chance to
retreat to the safety of your car, but if you decide to go on there
will be no place to hide, no escape, and no one to hear you scream!
At each location, look for the reflector. If you cannot find it,
then carry on walking (it’s a 2 mile circular route) as you may
pick up the next one on the trail (you never have to walk more than
400m between reflectors). If you find another four-leaved clover
you have been very lucky, as you have somehow managed to reach the
final cache. We just hope you can make it back to your car alive!
From here it should be a very easy walk of less than 500m.
For the First to Survive (sorry, find) there is a certificate, plus
our new FTF Geocoin. If you take this, then it can only be dropped
off in a new cache that you place. If you cannot do this, then just
discover the coin and leave it for the next person who will place a
new cache. If the FTF is brave enough to venture out and complete
this cache before the end of October, there is an extra special
reward hidden nearby. Instructions on where the FTF will find it
are in the cache. This bonus will be removed on 1st November if
nobody has claimed it.
20th Oct 06. It sounds as though quite a few of the rats bats
and spiders used as micros have already vanished, but the
reflectors in trees remain (because they are out of reach!). Rather
than try and repopulate the creatures, I've uploaded a map of the
route to be followed. Just continue and watch out for the next
reflector.
Good Luck, (you will need it!)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ebhgr : Nccebk 500z nybatfvqr gur evire, ghea evtug npebff gur tbys pbhefr, gura yrsg sbe 50z, gura H-ghea naq sbyybj Jveeny Jnl sbbgcngu onpx gb znva ebnq (2aq oevqtr lbh cnff haqre)
Pnpur : Onfr bs gerr orarngu 2aq pybire yrns ersyrpgbe lbh svaq (ba evtug bs cngu)