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An Odd Couple #65 Wonford, Exeter Multi-Cache

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tobytwirl: I have no wish to keep this cache going after the remarks made by the last finder.

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Hidden : 7/23/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Geocaching has 'A Fine Pair' series where a red phone box is in close proximity to a a red post box, and now it also has 'An Odd Couple' series, where a non-red phone box is close to a post box. 


This cache is number 65 and if you would like to add to this series please contact Little Helper to allow her to keep track of the numbers.

PLEASE NOTE THE PHONE NUMBER HAS FADED BADLY BUT IS STILL LEGIBLE AND ITS FINAL 3 DIGITS ORIGINALLY PROVIDED XYZ SO IF YOU CAN READ THEM YOU CAN STILL USE THEM, BUT I HAVE PROVIDED AN ALTERNATIVE IN Q2 BELOW.

Car parking is available close by but it will be easiest to walk the short distance to the final hide.

This Odd Couple is outside the former Wonford post-office that now serves as a community hub. In Celtic times Wonford was known as Gwyn Ffrwd - Gwyn meaning fair, white or holy, and Ffryd meaning shallow stream. A Saxon charter refers to it as Wynford, when it was part of important royal lands rich in deer, wild boar and wolves. The land came under various ownerships over the ensuing centuries and remained a village outside of the Exeter boundary until 1910 when South Wonford, East Wonford and Heavitree were incorporated into the City of Exeter. Most of the numerous local shops which flourished in the last century have now closed and been converted into houses and the former St Loyes Church opposite the Odd Couple at one time served as a children's nursery but is also now a private dwelling-place.

The cache, which is magnetic, is not at the headline coordinates due to the proximity of other caches, but you will need to find the following information here and can then calculate the coordinates for the final hide which is about 5 minutes walk away. 

1. The number of the post box is EX2 ABCD

2. The prices for BG Payphones Directory Enquiries are correct at 1st July 201X and the code for UK inland calls is 11Y Z41

Checksum of A + B + C + X + Y + Z = 28

The cache can be found at -

N50  B ( A + Z ) . ( C - Y ) ( Y -  C )  ( A + B )

W003  A ( B + X ) . ( Y x  Z ) ( Z x C )  ( C - [ A x B ] )

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Terra zrgny

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)