The soundtrack to this cache can be found at the circle of willis MP3
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My wife convinced me that our first cache was too easy, so
let’s try something a bit trickier. Research is an essential
part of this cache, but with mobile technology it is possible to do
it all in one visit. In fact it’s even possible to work out
the location of the cache without visiting WP1 or WP2 at all! The
terrain is mostly paved footpath but the access to waypoint 2 and
the final cache could be awkward for young children.
In all the coordinates given you can assume that the degrees and
minutes are unchanged.
At WP1 step up to the central plaque and learn some history.
Take note of the date. On January 7 of the year mentioned an
English astronomer celebrated his 41st birthday. This astronomer
died precisely 36 years after the date on the plaque.
Take the astronomer’s surname and subtract 2 from the year
of his death and you will have the name of one of the fastest stars
in the night sky (in terms of proper motion). Find the distance of
this star from the Earth in whole light years (rounded up) then
convert to parsecs using the conversion formula of 1 parsec = 3.26
lightyears.
Round off to two decimal places. You should have a number in the
form a.bc
For WP2, the decimal portion of the latitude is the square root
of a, followed by a-b, followed by b.
The decimal portion of the longitude is cac
At WP2, infiltrate the derelict defense installation and look
for the “weight-i” female who is a bit
“chicken”. Calculate her weight in pounds. It is
important to note that this female is British. You should now have
a 4-digit number. Split this number into two 2-digit numbers which
we shall call X and Y.
***UPDATE*** It appears this large lass may have gone missing
under the weight of untold tags. For the time being I've put her
name in the encrypted clue. Unfortunately this means that you can
skip WP2 altogether, but it's still worth the visit ***
The girl in the defense installation has a friend called Julia.
She is a very well balanced person, devoting herself equally to
what is real and what is imaginary. When she is being realistic her
favourite number is Y. When she is being more imaginative her
favourite number is X. Because she often finds integers extremely
boring she often likes to divide these number by 100. She calls
these numbers FRACTured INTegers and at night, in bed, she likes to
perform complicated mathematical calculations with them that allow
her to imagine marvellous shapes. Some of these shapes are in the
form of pinwheels, and her absolute favourite number is the same as
the number of arms that are on these pinwheels. We’ll call
this number Z. Then if she squints a bit the shapes all join
together to look vaguely like another number that we shall call
Z1.
For WP3, the decimal portion of the latitude is Z1+1, Z+Z1,
Z+1
The decimal portion of the longitude is Z1-1, Z+Z1, Z+Z1
The cache is in an area popular with fisherfolk and cone-smoking
troglodytes so use stealth. The container is not large so no big
swaps. Congrats to The Odlids who claimed the First Finder's trophy
pictured below.