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The Avon Valley Runner Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/2/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The listed co-ordinates are for recommended car parking in the Pound Lane Pay & Display. You will need to solve the puzzle below to find the co-ordinates for a small cache located near to the bench placed in memory of the clubs founder member, allowing you to enjoy a four mile out-and-back run (or walk) through the beautiful Avon Valley.

Following the split of the Road Running section from Trowbridge & District Athletics Club, on the 1st January 1986 Avon Valley Runners officially came into being. Through the clubs weekly sessions in Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon, membership soon began to grow and by time the 1980's were over the club boasted a membership of around one hundred runners.

Pictured from L-R: Stan Farr, Judy Farr, Ray Withey, Miles Holland, Bob Ellis, Peter Bray, Ron Whittle, Martin Connor, Phil Mitchell, Gerry Fice & Maurice Cockell

Throughout the nineties the club stayed steady under the Stewardship of Honorary Secretary Stan Farr, supported by wife Judy. However on 3rd October 2006 the club was saddened by the untimely death of Stan. Julia Drewitt stepped up to the plate and took on the role of Club Secretary, before on the 11th January 2007 handing over to Darren Wrintmore. Under new management, the membership has grown to its current level of around 220-members and the enjoyment of individual and team successes both on and off the roads. The club continues to thrive and celebrated its Silver Jubilee year in 2011. Extracted from The Valley News January 2011.

The cache owner joined Avon Valley Runners in 1987 and a year later set a club record for 5K. In 2001 the cache owner joined the committee of Avon Valley Runners and set up the club website at www.avonvalleyrunners.org.uk. In 2007 took on the role as Honorary Secretary. The cache owner stepped down in 2012 to concentrate on new role as head of Road Running for Wiltshire Athletic Association but was awarded Life Membership of the club and voted in as a Vice President.

So to find the cache you first need to resolve the following:

The finishing time of #1085 at the 1986 Burnham on Sea Half Marathon as A:BC:DE

The time recorded by the cache owner when setting the 5K club record as: AF:GH

The finishing position of the last Avon Valley Runner in the final race of the clubs Silver Jubilee year as IJ.

Now run to co-ordinates:

CA° HD.GBJ' DDH° AI.CIF'

Cache includes a specially engraved Avon Valley Runners medal for the first to find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs gerr, haqre n ebpx.

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)