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White Wells Bath House Ilkley Moor (Ba' Tat!!!) GC1KJQA

 

Don't know where the cache is but apparently, Kate does?

 

I'm also not sure of the significance of the Sudanese flag!

 

Absolutely spot on. That cache a a couple of others in the area went out just a couple of days after we were last there. No doubt we'll pick them up sometime over summer.

 

The flag is just something that the tennants of White wells do - they've done quite a lot of travelling to less touristy places and change the flag quite frequently. If you go into the cafe, there's a load of their photos. I keep meaning to put up a photo of the Lat/Long coordinates on Waymarking, but never get round to it, and it probably won't fit any of the categories anyway (as all my previous attempts at others have been rejected, I just can't be bothered really)

 

Anyway, enough of my mithering. :rolleyes:

 

Over to you.

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OK

 

Place and closest cache...

 

 

That'll be "The Grey Wethers" on Dartmoor (GC1135W)

 

Ding !!!

 

How's the weather out there?

Glorious sunshine last weekend at the above...

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Posted (edited)

oops double post

I think you zoomed out a tad too much. Really easy now.

 

Why is it always sunny here? GCPYWQ

 

Lived just to the bottom right, almost 50 years ago. But instantly recognized it.

Edited by Chudley Cannons
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oops double post

I think you zoomed out a tad too much. Really easy now.

 

Why is it always sunny here? GCPYWQ

 

Lived just to the bottom right, almost 50 years ago. But instantly recognizer it.

 

Ding!

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There is a pretty big clue in the question already. I'll give it a little longer before I give you another one.

 

The cache is called " A stupid cache on the boundary of two countries Robert" :laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

No idea of its GC number though!

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There is a pretty big clue in the question already. I'll give it a little longer before I give you another one.

 

The cache is called " A stupid cache on the boundary of two countries Robert" :):D:D

 

No idea of its GC number though!

Good guess. It IS an international border at the top of the picture.

 

The number 49 is significant.

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There is a pretty big clue in the question already. I'll give it a little longer before I give you another one.

 

The cache is called " A stupid cache on the boundary of two countries Robert" :D:D:D

 

No idea of its GC number though!

Good guess. It IS an international border at the top of the picture.

 

The number 49 is significant.

Obviously a reference to the 49th parallel. I don't think it's North/South Korea - aren't they a bit further south than that? And the land looks rather too inhabited / un-mined.

A quick search on Google maps reveals the 49th parallel to be a quite clear straight line border between the US & Canada, running from Winnipeg to Vancouver. So where's that cache?

Point Roberts, near Vancouver, looking at the GM. Is that cheating? :)

And the cache is "What's The Point? #1", GCHNWW

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Photo finish by a short nose, but Guanajuato started typing earlier...!

Steward's Enquiry! :D Maybe I'm just a slower typist... :D

 

OTOH, I don't have a photo ready - so if Guanajuato is ready first.... :)

Posted

This guy wasn't quite a saint, but with a good wash and the proper handshake - you should be able to identify the mystery cache in the btm right...

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Has to be something to do with Freemasonry, and wasn't the Saint (Simon Templar) named after the Knights Templar.

 

I've worked out its the washington monument in virginia, but I'm struggling to find the cache! Finally got it!

Da Mystery Lot, GC18J7T

 

Can I claim the cache now? That was harder than many caches I've physically found! :D

 

Doh, beaten to it, again!

Mind you, I learnt quite a bit in the search!

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It is the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, VA. The cache is Da Mystery Lot (GC18J7T).

DING!!!!

 

Over to you..... :ph34r:

 

 

Sorry Guanajuato, you were just pipped to the post :D

Posted (edited)

Devils Tower National Monument II GC22DD - as in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

The perspective in the aerial view is a bit strange, but when you tilt the image and then rotate around it, it is really stunning.

Edited by HighlandNick
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Here's another one that looks much better tilted - this is a virtual that is really on the edge - and it's not too far from the last one.

When I was younger, I used to draw landscapes like this using a 3D modeling, rendering and animation program specializing in fractal landscapes.

 

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Posted (edited)

It's in Utah...That's 2 (states) across and one down from South Dakota (where Rushmore is)

It's a National Park.

It's connected with a fractal landscape software programme.

It is seen better at a tilt because, (like Devils Tower) there's quite a height difference that isn't apparent when viewed from directly above.

Edited by HighlandNick
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It's in Utah...That's 2 (states) across and one down from South Dakota (where Rushmore is)

It's a National Park.

It's connected with a fractal landscape software programme.

It is seen better at a tilt because, (like Devils Tower) there's quite a height difference that isn't apparent when viewed from directly above.

 

Ignoring the clues 'cos I know next to nothing about where the US states are, and going solely on the basis that there seems to be a big hill with a hole in the side I'll guess:

 

Mt St Helens

 

(the one that erupted years ago)

Posted

It's in Utah...That's 2 (states) across and one down from South Dakota (where Rushmore is)

It's a National Park.

It's connected with a fractal landscape software programme.

It is seen better at a tilt because, (like Devils Tower) there's quite a height difference that isn't apparent when viewed from directly above.

 

Ignoring the clues 'cos I know next to nothing about where the US states are, and going solely on the basis that there seems to be a big hill with a hole in the side I'll guess:

 

Mt St Helens

 

(the one that erupted years ago)

 

Nope!!

Posted (edited)

OK, I'll pick it up. Staying in N.America, there is no cache here as you can only drive there in winter. Name of the Town and the approx distance to the nearest cache please.

 

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Edited by Just Roger
Posted (edited)
Well, the place is Tuktoyaktuk (or Tuktuyaaqtuuq) of Ice Road Truckers Fame. No idea how far to the nearest cache I'm afraid as I cannot get Google Earth at work...

 

I'll give you half a ding for Tuktoyaktuk and as I only picked this up I'll tell you that it is about 70 miles to Inuvik (as the GPS flies) where there are 3 or maybe 2, as one of them seems to be of uncertain status.

 

Over to you.

Edited by Just Roger

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