SBL1965

Thank you both - for the explanations and for not making me feel more stupid! I'll give that cache another go later this week. But if I may ask...how close to the cache does 'seconds' put you? I found my first cache near my office yesterday lunchtime - what a thrill! I walk and cycle quite a bit, often aimlessly. Why did I never consider geocaching sooner?!

Hi I had my very first go at finding a cache today - be gentle on me! I came across a similar puzzle to the above where I had to find and calculate numbers on a gravestone. I found the grave, made the sums. Fine. But as above the answers were like, "N52 01.xxx W02 06.yyy". But my compass showed me at N52 00 aa W02 06 bb. I'm a complete novice with coordinates, but how does "xxx" translate to "aa"?? Steve