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Ale Trail - A Taste of History
A cache by RichieCactus Hidden : 01/Oct/2012
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N 51 31.020 W 000 05.855
British Grid: TQ 32096 81506
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In London, United Kingdom
SE 20.4 km from your home location
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Geocache Description:
Not at the above coordinates of course. This puzzle will involve you investigating the brewing history of London, and then seeking out various clues from some of the older historic
pubs in London.
GPS cover can be inaccurate in town - I suggest bringing a good map or A-to-Z as well.
I've designed the puzzle to encourage you to explore on foot, to collect various clues... which will also bring you to some small alleyways and less-visited parts of this amazing city.
The route is a bit 'random'.
The walk is around 7 - 8kms, and you are looking for clues found on the outside of these historic buildings.
Breweries
Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them. - Queen Victoria
The brewing industry experienced a period of immense growth during the Industrial Revolution (1750 - 1850), and the brewery owners - known as "beer barons" - invested huge
sums of money into building larger and larger brewing facilities. Historians have attributed this growth to the beer known as 'Porter'. It was called this because the workers known
as porters drank it.
London had thousands of registered porters in the 18th century, and thousands more men combined unofficial, casual portering with other unskilled jobs such as chairman, or
sedan chair operative. The porters' hot, hard work bought the desire for a sharp, filling, refreshing, nutritive beer: it has been estimated that 18th century manual workers were
getting 2,000 calories a day from beer, the equivalent of an uneatable quantity of bread. As a result they were great frequenters of pubs, both on duty and off.
The actual invention of Porter is disputed, and there is evidence that Porter was never invented at all, but evolved out of the brown beer already being made in London. After
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many years, the brewers discovered that if they allowed the porter to mature longer in the vats, the beer was clearer and more flavoured. This process could take up to a year, and
resulted in a dark, strong, complex beer.
Porter brewers prided themselves on having the biggest maturation vats and were always trying to build bigger ones. Half-million gallon vats were not infrequent. Porter had
become the first mass-produced beer in the world. By 1823 Porter output in London hit a peak 1.8 million barrels, although this declined later as tastes changed towards pale ales
and bitters.
By the end of the 1850's many of the world's largest breweries could be found in London, including Barclay Perkins, Whitbread, Meux and Truman. Perhaps the most successful
"beer baron" was Samuel Whitbread. He not only developed a huge brewery in the City of London, but his brewery also sold its surplus yeast and grains from which most of the
Capital's bread was made along with much of the gin, and much of London's livestock were feeding on the used grain.
Production at this huge brewery was greatly enhanced by the introduction of steam power when Whitbread purchased a Boulton and Watt steam engine, to grind malt and pump
water to the boilers... the second steam engine ever to be installed in a brewery. When Samuel died in 1796, the Brewery was producing 200,000 barrels of beer (mainly Porter) a
year, and employed over 200 men and 80 horses.
Whitbread's main brewery was on ? Street. Number of letters in ? is A.
The steam engine was purchased in 17BC
Another (generic) name for strong Porter beer is D (no. of letters)
Whitbread continued to expand and opened other breweries and depots across England. It's most successful year for production was 1912, with 989,000 barrels, but dropped back
during the Great War. The company also now sold beer in bottles, and moved into owning pubs. During the final decades of the 20th Century, most company investment was
directed towards the food and hotel businesses such as Pizza Hut and Cafe Rouge. In May 2000, the brewing part of the Company was sold to the huge Belgian conglomerate
Interbrew.
After the decline in the number of London brewers (and many would say, decline in their beer quality), the recent 10 years has seen an explosion in "micro breweries", and the
Capital now has a growing number of breweries producing a wide range of beers.
Drowning in Beer
May your glass be ever full. May the roof over your head be always strong. And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows youre dead. - Irish Toast
This beer-related disaster occurred on in a poor area of London known as the St Giles Rookery. A brewery was sited in between the houses and tenements, and on that fateful day
a huge vat containing over 135,000 gallons of beer ruptured, when one of the steel bands gave way. This caused other huge vats to give way, and a veritable tsunami of beer
smashed down the walls, destroying 2 nearby houses, and went on to flood the crowded basement rooms of many nearby buildings. At least 9 people were reported drowned or
killed by falling debris. However, a huge throng quickly appeared, and many were soon collecting this free beer in pots, pans, jars, bottles and even teapots. Others simply drank
the beer where they stood. It's reported that some of the more entrepreneurial displayed the bodies of their dead in their front rooms - and charged the curious for a look!
This event occurred on Eth of October 1FGH Although this brewery no longer exists, you can easily visit the site, which is now partly occupied by a famous theatre. J is number of
letters in the theatre's name.
Trail Starts Here
Work is the curse of the drinking classes - Oscar Wilde
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Solve the clues at each stage to get to the next stage.
Stage 1:
N51 30. (A x C x E) + ((C+G) x B) + (A x C)
W000 06. (A x C x D) + ((C+G) x D)
Questions:
K = count the men of copper at eye level.
L = a large man sat here long ago waiting judgement. His number?
M = "the ? years of the..."
Stage 2: (look for a large board in a small lane)
N51 31. M - ((E x D) + H + D))
W000 05. (E+K) x (C x D) + (K+K+K) + (C x D)
Questions:
N, P = the host was famous for "... his ? ? which consisted... "
(No. of letters in the 2 words, e.g. "warm beer" would be 4 and 4)
Q = and the 2nd famous visitor's surname was ? (No. of letters)
ANSWERS STAGE 2
Sadly this stage has been removed. You would have discovered that N=3, P=5 and Q=7.
Stage 3:
Stage 2's northings minus (Q+H x G)
Stage 2's westings minus (N+P+Q+L)
Questions:
R, S = "was built in the precincts of ... in 11??"
T = something used to be 14 days, but was reduced to ? days.
U, V = be very happy that your next stop is not the once "nearby" building called ? ?, after your last beer on earth. (no. of letters, 2 words)
HISTORY HELPER STAGE 3
Sadly, the history at Stage 3 has been removed from the outside of the building (and replaced with a sign saying Historic Pub!!). I have reproduced it for you - see link below. YOU
WILL STILL NEED TO VISIT STAGE 3 TO GET A PASSWORD TO SEE THE HISTORY
Stage 3 History
Stage 4:
N51 30. (R x S x T x U x V) - (Q+U)
W000 05. (R x S x T x U x P) - ( U+U+U)
Questions:
W, X = what was lost in the battle... "? ?"
(no. of letters, in the 2 words)
Stage 5: (look up for a sign)
N51 30. (R x X x W x W x V) + (W x X x X)
W000 05. (W x T x W x T) + (R x L x R)
Questions:
Y = no. of letters in the longest word.
Z = no. of words going around.
Stage 6:
N51 31000 + (W x Y) + W / 1000
W000 5000 + (Y x Z x T) + (Z x V) / 1000
Questions:
AA = this pubs sign indicates the country of ? (no. of letters)
AB = animal featured in a poem (no. of letters)
Stage 7:
N51 31. (AA+AB+Y+Y)
W000 04. (AA x AB x Y) + (Y x Y) + (W+T)
Questions:
AC, AD = an old name for this pub was... "called ? and ?" (no. of letters, 2 words)
NEW Stage 8:
N51 30. (Y x Y x Y) - (AC x AD)
W000 04. (Y x Y x Z) + M
Questions:
At Stage 8 you will find an interesting history board. Its has lots of dates on it. Fourteen of them!.
Note down the dates in the order they appear, and use them to calculate the next clues.
AE = (13th - 9th) - 2
AF = (14th - 8th) - 1
AG = (7th - 2nd) - 406.
The sum of these 3 new clues should be 1452.
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Stage 9:
N51 31. AE - ((AC x AD x X) + (AA x AA) + (N x Y))
W000 04. AG - (AC x AD x X)
Questions:
AH = unusual name found near the bottom (no. of letters)
AJ = result of the subtraction near the bottom (stay positive).
Stage 10:
N51 30. (AC x AD x AD x AH) + AJ
W000 04. (AC x AD x AD x AH) + AJ+AJ+AH
Questions:
AK = a large sum of money was invested by how many people?
AL = look for the fraction that was revenue.
Stage 11:
N51, subtract AK + AK + (AC x Z) from 31000, and divide by 1000
W000, subtract AG + (AD x AD x Z) from 6000, and divide by 1000
Questions:
AM = I didn't know this person was also a ? (no. of letters of the longer talent)
AN = no. of letters of the hyphenated word (eg. big-toe is 6)
Stages 12 and 13: (was paper history - both now missing)
N51 30. (AM x AN x AC) + AJ
W000 05. (AK / AD)
When you get to these coords, you should be on a main street, with smaller roads going east and west. Walk about (AK / R) meters west. When you've done that, seek
out P12, which is hidden from view, by walking south. (If you do not find within 30m, you probably went south from the wrong place!). P13 is also hidden, but is
actually less than 30m west from P12.
P12 Questions:
AP = what was the "gift" that was consumed? (no. of letters)
AQ = who sent the letter of thanks? (no. of letters in their name, not their title)
HISTORY HELPER STAGE 12
Sadly, the history at Stage 12 has been removed. I have reproduced it for you - see link below. YOU WILL STILL NEED TO VISIT 12 TO GET A PASSWORD
Stage 12 History
P13 Questions:
AR = what custom probably started here (no. of words)
AS = thats an unusual name for a beer guide! (no. of letters 1st word)
AT = smokers enjoyed a screw of ? (no. of letters 1st word)
HISTORY HELPER STAGE 13
Sadly, the history at Stage 13 has been removed from the outside of the building. It is still available, just inside the front door, when the establishment is open (8:30am to 3:30pm,
Mon to Fri. Shut weekends). If you cannot see it through the door, I have reproduced it for you - see link below. YOU WILL STILL NEED TO VISIT 13 TO GET A PASSWORD
Stage 13 History
Stages 14 and 15: (both painted histories, 15 is a minutes walk from 14)
N51 30. AF + AK + (AQ x AQ) + (AQ x AQ)
W000 05. (AS x AT x AR x AR) - (AM + AN + AR)
P14 - Question:
AU = what was pickled, but not eaten? (no. of letters)
P15 - Question
AV = Add up the numerals of the gift givers (him and her) and multiply by 2?
FINAL:
N51 XX
W000 YY
Where:
XX = X1 + X2 - X3 / 1000
YY = Y1 - Y2 / 1000
with:
X1 = J x Q x R x AC x AP x AU
X2 = AK x AP x AS
X3 = AF - ((AH x AN / X) + (AR x AR x AN))
and:
Y1 = V x Y x AB x AV + (AC + AU)
Y2 = (M x R) - (AK x AL)
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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)
Disclaimer
Please note that neither RichieCactus nor Geocaching.com endorses any of the establishments you might find during solving this puzzle. All were selected purely due to their
historical interest, and the insight they could provide to the cacher with regards to London's fascinating past.
Wheelchair Access
I've rated this as T1 wheelchair accessible, but I'm not an expert - please let me know if otherwise.
No. CONGRATS FOR MAKING THE TOP TWENTY, TO:
FTF aB5dEglYeS5P
2ndTF helennbrian
3rdTF =Andy_R and IceColdUK
5. Plasadda
6. Dr Rich
7. King of the Pundits
8. fitfish
9. jeg34
10. MTH
11. lodgebarn
12. Hinni&Simo
13. TheBignells
14. Broyleboxers
15. mbtkz, TausH and 2Bat
18. rtrich
19. spen105
20. tobesought
PLEASE - NO CLUES TO THE FINAL CACHE IN YOUR LOGS - THANK YOU
Additional Hints (Decrypt)
[Puzzle] Abar.
[Cache] Va, Erfg, Pbyyrpg.
Attributes
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Broyleboxers' Alphabet and Number Soup
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Additional Waypoints
Prefix Lookup Name Coordinate
PZ FINAL GC3RRP3 Final (Final Location) ???
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elrenia
Found it 02/Aug/2014
Wow!
That's the first thing that comes to my mind after finishing this mammoth cache. It was an amazing trail and very enjoyable.
It was on a lovely summer Saturday that a friend and I set out on this trail. It was the first multi-stage cache for my mate and also her first inner-city caching outing. She got very
much involved which I enjoyed to see.
Right at the beginning we were hit with a slight obstacle - my own stupidity. I forgot to copy the first numbers down that we needed for the first stage (and also many following
ones). Fortunately I could quickly re-construct the information we needed with the help of the Internet as I could still remember where I had to search for it.
On we went. The maths tasks got more and more demanding but they were a huge part of the fun. Except for this one time when I got some numbers muddled up and we
ended up at not one but two pubs - unfortunately both of them were wrong.
Once we sat down to calculate the final coordinates we struggled again and had a wrong first try on the geochecker. The mistake was quickly found and we could log the cache
without further ado. YEAH!
It took us about 7 1/2 h to complete this trail but it was a Saturday well spent. We didn't visit any of the pubs on our way as many of them were closed (-> Saturday) and we
wanted to finish it in a day (it is possible!). On the other hand doing this cache on a Saturday was a great advantage: Less muggles on the roads and around the pubs.
All in all, it was fun, very much so. The favourite point is well deserved.
TFTC!
This entry was edited by elrenia on Monday, 04 August 2014 at 09:14:57 UTC.
-KROP-
Found it 31/Jul/2014
Finally completed this mammoth multi. Visiting the various pubs was interesting although a few of the stages changed/disappeared while I was mid-trail. TFTC
Ale Trail photo log
Ale Trail Log
fitzsimons
Found it 10/Jul/2014
My Ale Trail started about 18 months ago when I had a meeting near the first pub. I managed to get one or two stages at other meetings over the intervening period but doing
hard sums on the hoof, often when your fingers were so cold you could barely write, meant several arithmetic errors along the way. I am certainly the better informed by what I
read on the pub signs. Having visited the final stages the other week, I took the info home and got a no from the geochecker before noticing that I had misinterpreted part of the
formula. Applying BODMAS properly, I got the green light. Made time tonight to visit the final and claim the prize. TFTC
RichieCactus
Enable Listing 04/Jul/2014
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90 Logged Visits
51 30 2 3 1 3
**Warning! Spoilers may be included in the descriptions or links.
Decrypt
500 m
1000 ft
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** NEW STAGE 8 **
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Sadly another historic London pub is closing (demolished for yet another office block no doubt).
So I have located a new historic pub for Stage 8.
Hint: The 1st date is AD200.....
Good luck.
RC
keste40
Found it 02/Jul/2014
Out in the morning to log a few caches before checking out and travel to the airport. Felt the 15 miles from yesterday in my legs but had to complete the fantastic cache "Ale
trail" and and also log the last cache before the finale of the series of "Catastrophe, Calamity.....".
We started this brilliant cache in May and got to the ninth step. We were told by the bartender at step 8 that the pub would close and that the building would be knocked down in
July. VERY sad since some of the earlier steps also had disappeared during the last year. Nevertheless, RichieCactus has done a fabolous job fixing the missed stages so the
feeling is almost the same as before anyway.
Anyhow, we were lucky that we had solved step 8 in May so we continued two days ago with step 10 late in the evening after we had checked in at the hotel and before a late
dinner.
Yesterday we continued with the rest of the steps and this morning we checked the last two steps before heading off to GZ. A lot of traffic there in the morning but I managed to
get the container in my hand after a few "false moves"... Very good and quite funny hide and we are sooo happy now that we managed to finish this cache. It has been a lot of
fun, very educating and a few pints on the way to the solution.
Thank you Richie and this will definitely be a favorite point of course! Keep up the good work and greetings from Sweden! TFTC!
This entry was edited by keste40 on Saturday, 05 July 2014 at 21:39:10 UTC.
RichieCactus
Temporarily Disable Listing 30/Jun/2014
Sorry - one of the Stages is unavailable...
smudge42
Found it 30/May/2014
I think SomersetCache has summed up very well where we got to last year when we cycled around to collect the majority of the clues. This is truly a very well put together multi,
and well worth the effort to explore the history of London.
Tonight, I stopped off at St Pauls for a walk to soak up some of this heritage - I can tell you that the ale houses were full to bursting with the streets overflowing with patrons. A
spot of nice (ish) weather is all that is needed it seems.
At GZ, I prevaricated for far too long as to where the final might be. By the time I had convinced myself of the correct location, I then had to wait an age for muggles to disperse!
Very glad to have completed this one. Have a fave point.
RichieCactus
Write note 10/May/2014
Stage 15 has changed, so I've changed the clue - although the value for AV is the same. Kudos to Qrang for working it out !
qrang
Found it 03/May/2014
An absolutely wonderful trail definitely worth a fav point - we had to have a lot of help from the CO due to our reading wrong calculating wrong and typing wrong - we blame it on
the great ale houses!! Thanks very much
RichieCactus
Write note 19/Apr/2014
It appears Stage 2 is not going to be replaced. I've provided the answers as you will be visiting nearby anyway for Stage 3.
SomersetCache
Found it 14/Apr/2014
What an epic - excellent cache and worthy of more that one favourite point.
The trail began on a cycling trip to London with Smudge42 last May. The plan was to spend the day cycling around town and having done the homework we figured that we
could start the trail and see how far we got before heading back to our planned virtual, puzzles and CM's.
The bikes proved an excellent way both of caching in London and getting started on this cache. We picked up the trail after a brief lunch stop at St Pauls. The first few stages
were plain sailing and before we knew it we were at stage 8 however here we made a fatal error in our data collection (we failed to follow the very clear instructions!). The
calculated co-ords didn't look promising and we decided to try some alternative Northings which took us in the direction that we had planned. Finding nothing of use we gave up
.... although unsurprisingly we were frighteningly close to stage 10 some moments later without realising it!
A few months later I was passing by the stage 8 info and I spotted the error but didn't have the data to work out where to go next.
Back in February I was in town very early in the morning when a meeting was delayed giving me 2 hrs to burn. Being 500m from stage 9 and with the data in hand there was
only one thing to do. Stages 9, 10 and 11 were quickly solved before going around in circles at #12 and then again at #13 when the alley ways of London caught me out. Just
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enough time for a quick look for #14 before work got in the way. A little googling gave me some pointers so I returned in the evening and found 14 but failed to find 15.
From the desk the following day I realised how I had missed #15. Back again in town this evening, and after taking in the view from the Shard I took the scenic route back to
Waterloo via #15 and then GZ. Bingo the hard won cache was in hand.
Even though not completed back in May it was a highlight of that day and it was great to sign the log and complete the challenge this evening. TFTC
RichieCactus
Write note 09/Apr/2014
I've been alerted that STAGE TWO could be down... Apparently the barman can tell you what was on the sign. I will wait for a short while to see if the sign is put back up, but if
you get stuck here, ping me with your workings and I'll assist. Thanks & Cheers, RC.
oblong
Found it 08/Apr/2014
Really enjoyed this one. We collected the information on Saturday and Sunday, got a bit stumped at stage 2 where the board has been taken down but after a chat with the
barman and a quick beer we had enough information to work out where we had to go next. The final stage confused us totally, walking round and round but we finally worked
out the answer and it was a quick trip on Tuesday after work to pick up the cache. It was an easy find, we have found one of RC's other caches so we had an idea where it
would be.
Thank you for setting this one, we learnt a lot and will have to visit more of the pubs! TFTC!
RichieCactus
Write note 02/Mar/2014
Stage 12's password-protected link now in place, so all is good to go!
Good luck.
RC
Mario McTavish
Found it 13/Feb/2014
Well this one has been a labour of love!
I've picked up various stages over a protracted period of time, usually on trips to London where I could find time to grab the next waypoint whilst passing, but not enough time to
do them all (and usually I was with company and didn't wish to drag them around waypoint after waypoint...).
What a thoroughly enjoyable mystery/multi cache it was though! It's tricky to write too much without giving too much away but I appreciate all the research that the CO must
have done. It would have been all too easy to just pick random establishments for numbers, but they've been selected for some very specific and good reasons - it must have
taken a lot of work to set it all up and choose those places. I certainly learnt a lot from my tour.
Today I only needed the final location to complete the cache... handy looking at some of the latest logs! As we were walking right past it anyway (on the way to yet another
cocktail bar) I persuaded her that a short diversion was needed to pick this one up. We got to GZ and with the help of the useful hint the cache itself was soon in hand! A sense
of relief there, as for a moment I wondered if it would still be in place.
Log book signed and all put back as found, and off we headed for another drink
Thanks to the CO for setting this one (and his prompt maintenance of the cache when needed) - definitely gets a favourite point from me.
RichieCactus
Write note 12/Feb/2014
Sadly I can confirm that Stage 12 have removed their very interesting history board.
That's the 3rd pub in the Trail to do this in 2 years... for no good reason !!
So extra congrats to you guys who managed to muddle through without it.
I will endeavour to put something up - luckily I have a photo of the original board. In the meantime, if you get to Stage 12 email me with your workings - and if correct I will get
you through...
Cheers
RichieCactus
Karelerak
Found it 08/Feb/2014
16:00 Really chalenging cache found jointly with JaKaty. Slightly confusing are the missing parenthesis where there is division by 1000, but clear from context. Both helpers (3
and 13) are working, but no information found at Stg 12. Thanks for the cache.
JaKaty
Found it 08/Feb/2014
Tftc, no chance to find P12, no sign or we are blind, fortunatelly we were able to calculate / find other stages and make up the final as well; due to the hint we went to the close
pub where rugby was on, but no one ever heard about gc, finally -after having a beer - we found the correct place and logged in, thanks
Tallcacher
Found it 02/Jan/2014
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We started this cache last November, found all info needed, but the Geochecker still said it's wrong. The owner confirmed that all values needed to calculate the cache
coordinates were okay. Finally I found out that there are some brackets missing in the formula for XX and YY. And during our next visit over NYE we managed to find the cache.
Nice idea. When we come back during summertime we try to have one pint in every Location. TFTC.
RichieCactus
Owner Maintenance 01/Jan/2014
The value for "E" was revised on Wiki recently, so have amended Stage 1 & 2 slightly.
Budokan
Found it 12/Dec/2013
Finally get to take my smilie from this epic caching adventure. Love to use this hobby to explore areas when I visit so this one fitted the bill nicely. Had a false start on the very
first step but the CO was kind enough to get me moving correctly. Enjoyed doing the first half a month or so ago but ran out of time.
Back to London yesterday and despite my jetlagged brain trying to make me make silly mistakes I did finally come up with an answer. For some reason the answer seemed
unlikely and after visiting I decided I must have made a mistake.
The CO confirmed i had been right as I hadnt realised there was a geochecker available. Jumped on Google earth this morning and could quite clearly see the most obvious of
hiding spots standing in plain sight. Doh!
Great cache idea and dont think I have ever had so many pages of calculations in my notebook just to make a find. My advice to future adventurers is to read all the instructions
very carefully at every stage. Easily gets a fav point from me
TFTAdventure
Budokan from New Zealand
RichieCactus
Owner Maintenance 04/Dec/2013
Hi - just checked this morning and all is fine... maybe the server was down for maintenance (out of my control)... good luck !
Redgremlin
Write note 04/Dec/2013
Preparing for our visit this weekend - it would appear that the website for stages 3 and 13 is down/no longer exists. Is this something that can be rectified?
We need to grab these before we travel because we won't be using data roaming when we arrive (no internet for us).
Thanks
Minxlet
Found it 30/Nov/2013
Back in London again with Herts Skip hoping to make this third time lucky. We had followed the trail in different weathers and temperatures. The History on this trail is really
interesting and there were some unusual facts which I enjoyed reading. We finally completed the last few stages. We got in a little bit of a pickle with our maths but after ending
up somewhat in the wrong place we were able to sort ourselves out and taking a round about trip we finally ended up at the correct destination. We really enjoyed this hunt.
TFTC
Herts_Skip
Found it 30/Nov/2013
Tackled this one with Minxlet in several visits to London over the course of the year. Started in February and managed to progress to stage 9 without too much difficulty. Back in
July, but having spent a long time finishing off another cache, we only progressed through a couple of other stages. So, back on the trail today starting at stage 12. Nearly
thwarted by some nearby construction work, but managed to work out what to do, and continued on the trail. Having visited all the establishments we sorted out the maths and
ended up outside another establishment, only to realise that our maths was wrong and we weren't in the right place. Finally got to the correct location, and after a bit of
wandering about, we realised where we needed to be. Good hunt.
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