Decoder Three: The Matrix Islington, London, United Kingdom
By
luzian on 31-May-08. Waypoint GC1CY66
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Logs
I was disappointed not to be able to find this on my last day in London; I had come out this way specifically for this cache.
It maybe that the body part referred to in the clue is too close to the ground, for me, anyway.
I did enjoy the park, however.
It maybe that the body part referred to in the clue is too close to the ground, for me, anyway.
I did enjoy the park, however.
Staying with my sister who has just moved nearby and saw this as one of the closest puzzles to home. Luckily I had the correct tool to decode the Matrix on hand and a short walk on a lovely afternoon later I was at GZ. Good to see a nicer sized cache, as I could drop off a TB from Ireland 
Great hide! Cheers from Australia.
Great hide! Cheers from Australia.Whoa! Searched, found and rescued!
Finally I came up with an idea how to rescue this cache. Drove my Geovan (TB33ZA7) to GZ and with my work's garden hoe I had a poke around in the abyss using my torch too, but could not find the cache, however, I did see a taped cylinder container with a loop attached - was this the original cache? If it was I lost it down there!
I re-checked the co-ords and found that there was a similar location nearby - stuck my head in there and to my joy it was down there! Took the hoe down and immediately the magnet on the cache took hold.
I took it back to my van, clean the cache down and did the deeds!
TFTC All is well now.
Luzian, you still need to come back to London, you owe me another pint!
[gold]-GOLDPOT-[/gold] #5030
Finally I came up with an idea how to rescue this cache. Drove my Geovan (TB33ZA7) to GZ and with my work's garden hoe I had a poke around in the abyss using my torch too, but could not find the cache, however, I did see a taped cylinder container with a loop attached - was this the original cache? If it was I lost it down there!
I re-checked the co-ords and found that there was a similar location nearby - stuck my head in there and to my joy it was down there! Took the hoe down and immediately the magnet on the cache took hold.
I took it back to my van, clean the cache down and did the deeds!
TFTC All is well now.
Luzian, you still need to come back to London, you owe me another pint!
[gold]-GOLDPOT-[/gold] #5030
I was sent on a mission on behalf of luzian to retrieve this cache from the abyss, however, armed with the paper picker that I had was inadequate for the job. Nevertheless, I’m bit concern as I could not see the cache in the depths. I did make myself useful here by clearing the litter around GZ!
So, back to camp to make another retrieval tool and I now know that I have a bus that goes from my door directly to this cache!
Watch this space.
-GOLDPOT-
So, back to camp to make another retrieval tool and I now know that I have a bus that goes from my door directly to this cache!
Watch this space.
-GOLDPOT-
I solved the riddle at home with the use of my mobile phone.
At first I was at the wrong side of the object. On the right it was no problem to reach to the cache. It was visible a little bit. But then the accident happened, I tried to get the box out of it's hidding place, but I was a little bit clumsy and the box felt down. I had no chance to retrieve it. I'm very sorry about that. I hope it isn't to difficult for the owner to get it out of the hidding place.
I made a photo to prove that I was there.
I write a not to the owner,
Best regards,
Peter
At first I was at the wrong side of the object. On the right it was no problem to reach to the cache. It was visible a little bit. But then the accident happened, I tried to get the box out of it's hidding place, but I was a little bit clumsy and the box felt down. I had no chance to retrieve it. I'm very sorry about that. I hope it isn't to difficult for the owner to get it out of the hidding place.
I made a photo to prove that I was there.
I write a not to the owner,
Best regards,
Peter
Please my other log for further details. Right now you will need special equipment to retrieve the box. It's not at the orignal hiding place.
Today after work I decided to go and find all 3 decoders caches. They were sl on my "will never try" list until someone at a recent event told me that I had the "decoder" in my pocket. And yes indeed after a bit of search I manage to break all 3 codes. Surprisingly this one was the easiest as the code was familiar to me. But I was very surprised by the cache compare to the 2 other ones .tftc
As with the other Decoder puzzle cache, we had solved this one some time ago but just never had the time (nor the inclination) to travel to this place to pick it up, but as we were planning to pick up the Gridlocked Capital Style cache, we needed a cache of the appropriate terrain/difficulty rating to score a 'bingo' - and the cache had to be found after April 2009. So this one fit the bill perfectly! We have never been up past this way before so it was good to see the surrounding fields full of people playing football. Like some cachers before us, we did wonder which side it would be on but it didn't pose a problem in the end. Had no idea what the hint referred to though! Anyway we were pleasantly surprised to find a sizeable cache when we were expecting a micro. Took the racer TB. Cache no 499! TFTC and an interesting puzzle - it didn't take us very long to crack it though.
This code could be solved as well in the dream team of Glory RexKramer and myself. We went for it and found it at very precise coordinates.
Thanks for the challenge to Luzian and thanks for the great teamwork to my Cachebuddy Glory RexKramer.
Cheers and keep on caching!
Fibimaja
Thanks for the challenge to Luzian and thanks for the great teamwork to my Cachebuddy Glory RexKramer.
Cheers and keep on caching!
Fibimaja
