GCJRMV: Bones17 (abbots Walkabout)

Found on 2010-02-07 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Bones1
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCJRMV

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Well what a great way to introduce us to Abbots Langley! Depending how you look at this is also a great cache for wives or bad one for husbands -- since we just had to stop and look in all the quaint shop windows and the estate agents of course. Parked at the top end of town near the Church, which was ok as it was a Sunday, and headed down towards the first waypoint before realising we had to go back up for the start, Doh!

[b]Waypoint 2[/b]
We got to the church and discovered, as others have noted, that the Rev has changed - but the house number hasn't. For anyone else attempting this cache, don't worry about B as you can still work it out*.

[b]Waypoint 3[/b]
The War Memorial also looked like it was going to be a non-starter due to a lot of the names being eroded off, but Mrs Fitz spotted a newish plaque in front which tells you there is a brass plaque on the inside of the church on the South aisle. The church was open and only a few people in there looking around, so we found the brass memorial easily enough.

[b]Waypoint 4[/b]
Started by looking around for a plaque or notice board but it soon became obvious when you watch where you put your feet.

[b]Waypoint 5[/b]
Easy find, no comment.

[b]Waypoint 6[/b]
Well I've never seen a rocking horse like this before. Too bad me and Mrs Fitz would feel a bit out of place jumping on this now. Having got the final clue we put it all into the Garmin then had a guess at the missing number which isn't too hard to deduct. Final coords set, we headed to the cache.

[b]Final[/b]

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Some teenage lurkers were hanging around nearby on the swing, but didn't seem interested in us as we skulked into the bushes. Once beyond the park and out of site, very easy to find, but I did have to stop Mrs Fitz from charging into the holy, when I realised there would be an easier way round to GZ.

Cache almost seemed like it was buried - but discovered it was just caked in mud, the contents were dry though.

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Great multi, but some of the clues need updating otherwise it seems like the difficulty could be raised by a star - particularly since you're now needing to enter the church for the second stage. Thanks for the hard work in putting this together - I know how much planning one like this takes!

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* B is only used once for the final coords - B-F. The coordinate can only be a number from zero-nine so when you remove F from nine you have a smaller range to guess from.