Trafalgar Battle (Wellington) Waiwhetu, North Island, New Zealand
By Drawp on 13-Aug-09. Waypoint GC1VHMP

Sorry lost the battle with the local muggles.

We live really close to this one so very keen to get it done. can't believe it has been muggled again so quickly but all we could find at GZ was an empty pill bottle and a small gold pencil. the replaced cache?

Original cache missing new one (micro size) is now in place. Happy hunting.

Found 'BoxHill''s calling card so pretty sure we were in the right place but no cache - think it has been muggled....

Solved it on the night it was published, swung by today to complete the formalities.

TFTC

found and loged a few weeks ago , TFTC

Second time lucky no muggels around. TFTC

Easily solved and found with help from previous logs

Solved a while ago and found today.. Not sure I was so keen on putting my hands in there, but found the cache safely.. T4TC

Second time around, this time without any soccer games nearby, so time enough to find the cache, TFTC

Found with some help. TFTC

After a few hours of researching the Battle of Trafalgar I realised how to solve this one.
Then I had to do some googling to help me solve it, cause I didn't have any other means of solving available.
Tried a couple of times to find this one last night, but there were some boozers at the cache that seemed to have settled in for the night.
Returned this morning for a not so quick find.
Thanks.

Sailed through this one no problem but was left wondering what the heck the clue referred to.
TFTC

After BruceWWNZ gave me a clue to the puzzle, got to the location fairly easily. I think I tried everything that matched the hint before I found the right one. TFTC.

Solved this one last night and made a stop on way to work to find it ,couple of minutes and cache was in hand ,found it just before 8am so not too many muggles about ,nice sunny morning for a spot of caching
TNLNSL TFTC

Found as part of my three week caching trip from Wellington to Auckland - # 157. Getting later in the day so no muggle issue. Thanks.

K figured out (D-A)+E but not (F-D) or WH Both J + K got J & K.but not (E-C) or MK [xx(] then K told J that she had worked out (F-D) and WH so J + K went to GZ and their hard work paid off OK. Nice puzzle. NINO, TFTC

Good hiding spot, Took TB TFTC

#3192
Nicely themed cache… there was quite a battle at GZ, took us longer to extract the cache from its hide, than to solve the puzzle.
TNLNSL, TFTC

#923 (2/4 on a Hutt Valley afternoon). Out doing some late afternoon caching with Troodles' sister's family. Troodles solved this on before our trip, and also spotted the cache. TFTC. Left Lady Bug Light TB.

Not many hiding places, so soon had cache in hand.
TFTC.

we couldnt solve the puzzle...but searched gz with no result..decided to search wider and found the clue...searched there and a quick retrieve....

Worked the solution at home but forgot to bring coordinates along so had to work it out again in the car. Quite a few cars parked on the side of the road but good thing there was no one about. Found the cache in a nice hiding spot. Left jeep travel bug. Thanks Drawp.

I sweated unnecessarily over this one, trying all sorts of esoteric solutions with no luck. As I was in the area today I decided to go to the posted coordinates anyway and see if there was any clue there. Then I went for a walk just in chance in case there was anything likely in the region. By good fortune I ended up finding the cache within about ten minutes simply by trying likely spots - meanwhile I had had a brainwave and realised what the puzzle solution probably was. The actual cache coordinates confirmed it for me. Duh! Signed log, TFTC.

Awesome cache. Thoroughly enjoyed.

Solved the puzzle after making it harder for myself than I should've! Did the paperwork while collecting one of the junior cachers in the waiiti20 team who had been overnighting nearby at another local cachers residence. TFTC, nice spot.

Was sailing by at lunchtime, so decided I had better heave to and retrieve the treasure. Its good to reminded occasionally that our streets and suburbs are named for a reason, not just on a whim. Initially I wondered why my GPS pointed me to this spot...no couldn't be....maybe it is....gotcha! Nice puzzle, and nice hide.
TFTC.

Nice easy find thanks.
- TB

Jr taybee has this own account how am logging this old find under his new Username (Jr taybee) was log as part of taybee team

I headed off on the wrong tack searching for an answer to the puzzle that had some relevence to the theme of the cache. as this didn,t seem to be crossing any Tees I tried a different course. Came to the battle site yesterday morning but abandoned looking as the area was teeming with muggles. Returned today to find it all quiet at GZ, had a bit of a battle retrieving the cache, no doubt the skin missing off the back of my hand will grow back soon. TFTC SL TFTC

2rd for the day good hide thanks TFTC

drop off TB and pickup geocoin

I couldn't figure out the puzzle after a brief battle, but thought I'd try my luck on the spot.
Saw an appropriate hiding place and low and behold it was the right place.
Thank you for the cache. My 2.5 year old son enjoyed finding the treasure with me.

A joint FTF with Yeetrees (surprise surprise!). Had a look for this when it popped up last night but no success. Then a quick walk down the street this morning with the whole EU team. Who should pull up close to GZ but Yeetrees! EU had managed to solve and Yeetrees completed the locate. Left GC. TFTC Grandad.

FTF (08:16) Whoopee!!!!! , A joint FTF, TAdaa!!! Arrived at GZ with Mrs Yeetree in tow as I was having a bit of an issue trying to work this one out, it is always the easy ones that really get me bamboozled, just as we got out off our trusty Geocaching vehicle who should I notice walking down the road towards us the EU team all six in tow, so I decided to ream up with them and go to the final GZ. Standing back for a few seconds decided to look at the most obvious spot soon the cache was at arms reach. Cool spot and glad I did it went I did as I can just imagine what it will be like here later in the day.

Finally worked out what the puzzle was , and it was well put together, amazing how the British and French tactic played a major part in solving this, amazing how the battle tactics have changed so much but not so in such a short period. The use of a major tactical personnel in the navy is important to help solve this one. Cool puzzle, TFTC TNLNSL (840) also a FTF CRAZE Yeetrees came a visiting as well for a visit at sea. Let the battle commence!!

#674. Nice puzzle. Muggles started to descend on GZ just when we finished replacing the cache.
+ Mats Geocoin February 2008 (wanting to visit 18 other countries, including the ones involved in the Battle of Trafalgar - perhaps a time warp transport via this cache ...)
+ huhugrub pebble
TNSL. TFTC.

When I arrived at the cache location, I thought I was going to have to give this one a miss as there was a leisure activity going on that had a good number of participants and spectators involved. I stealthily figured out where the cache was likely to be hidden and decided I could have a go after all if I chose a time when the activity was not so close to GZ. It turned out to be quite easy in the end thanks to the well chosen site. I left a penguin and took the Masters of Cache GeoCoin with a view to relocating it to the Bay of Plenty. I am a bit disappointed to see the puzzle described as "simple"; I thought I deserved more credit than that.

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