This multi cache takes you on a roughly 2 mile walk through the forest on Wapley Hill Fort in Herefordshire with some lovely views on the way. The forest trails are very popular with dog walkers, horse riders, cyclists and ramblers.

Although most of the walk is on Forestry Commission land, the actual cache is not on their land. The walk is mostly along well marked footpaths and forestry roads. There is some stiff climbing in a few places! At one point you have the opportunity to see the impressive  Wapley Hill Fort , a huge Iron Age encampment with some spectacular views.

Part of the walk is along the well known Mortimer Trail which runs along the hills through much of The Marches.

You will gather digits as you walk round the area. These will give you the final co-ordinates in the form N 52 15.ABC, W 002 56.DEF The total walk should take around an hour at most.

The cache is a small clear clip lock container with room for small swaps.

The published co-ordinates point to the Forestry Commission carpark where you will find some picnic tables but no "facilities". How many tables are there? W

You'll also see an information sign with pictures of a number of animal and bird species. How many in total are mentioned?  A

Make your way up the hill on forest roads until you come to the gate at Warren House at:

N52°15.307'N, W002°57.518'

There's an old metal piece of machinery with a big winding wheel. This wheel has X  spokes.

Go round the back of the house to

N52°15.318'N, W002°57.547'

Standing at the back of the house at these co-ords you should be able to see a number of chimney pots on the original part of the house. How many in total? Be careful, do NOT  include the new metal flue as well!!  The total number gives you Y Add the "spokes" and "pots" together (X+Y) to get  B

From the same spot look up into the eaves and you will see some round nest boxes. How many are there? F

Take away the number of tables you found earlier from this number to get E (i.e. F-W=E)

While you're here, multiply the number of nest boxes by the number of spokes to get D (i.e. X times F=D)

From the house walk up the track towards N52°15.362'N, W2°57.592' It's not absolutely necessary to come here on your way to the cache but it would be a shame to miss out seeing the very impressive hill fort. Either walk along the "ramparts" to your right or walk into the hill fort itself and take the path into the centre of the fort and then walk to the right. Either way the track will take you back down onto the Mortimer Trail and thence to the cache.  If you have children with you there's a great tree for climbing at  N52°15.386'N, W2°57.478' and the whole area would make a lovely picnic spot.

OK, making your way back down to the woods (or coming along the track from the house if you didn't visit the fort) you come to a bench at N52°15.329'N, W2°57.247' This was sponsored by a number of organisations, each having their own logo carved into the back. How many logos are there? C

You should now have all the digits A-F to plug into the formula above.
The cache itself is hidden right by the side of the trail so be careful rehiding it as the trail is very popular with walkers. When you've found it you can retrace your steps back to the forest road that leads back down to the car park.

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