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Lion's Birthday Cache 2003

A short walk into the past

by Captain Cook     Belgium > Prov. Liège > Arr. Verviers

N 50° 36.735' E 005° 56.413' (WGS84)

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 Size: small
Status: Available
 Hidden on: 18 August 2003
 Listed since: 06 October 2005
 Last update: 29 April 2007
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC0213
Also listed at: geocaching.com 

12 Found
0 Not found
0 Notes
2 Watchers
0 Ignorers
169 Page visits
0 Log pictures
Geokrety history
2 Recommendations

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Description   

Limbourg (Lion’s Castle), now an ancient and picturesque town, once was the capital of the duchy Limburg. It is the cradle of the ancient family of that name from which sprang the Luxemburg family and several emperors of Germany.

The core of the town is on top of a small mountain ridge, 75 m above the Vesdre-Valley, looking down upon Dolhain. The ramparts are still protecting the gothic church of St. George and the houses built with stones from the local quarry around a rectangular marketplace paved with stones polished by the near Vesdre.

To find the best access you should follow the signs “Limbourg ville historique”.

Park your car at N 50° 36,735’ E 005° 56,413’.

Waypoint 1
Do you see the name plate of the local pub Au Cheval Gourmand?
How many legs does this cheval (horse) have? The number of legs = a

Waypoint 2:
Go to N 50° 36,669’ E 005° 56,431’.
When did Poswick receive the Chateau de la porte?
At bc. AOUT defg

Waypoint 3:
Stand still at N 50° 36.(b+c)(g-d)(b)’ E 005° 56.(f)(c)(a)’.
How many wooden window-shutters - to protect the bells – do you see?
Number of shutters (at ONE side of the building!) = hj

Waypoint 4:
Sit down at N 50° 36.(e+d)(a)(d)’ E 005° 56.(b+h)(h)(e-b)’ and calculate the final cache. You will find it at the Cache point

N 50° 36.(e-b)(h+c)(g+h)’ E 005° 56.(b+h)(f-a)(d+a)’.

The cache is a small Tupperware box (12 x 12 x 4) – please don’t bring big trade items.
After having found the cache please rehide it carefully – you are on a marked trail with many pedestrians.

Additional hint   Decrypt

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A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

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Log entries for Lion's Birthday Cache 2003    Found 12x Not found 0x Note 0x

Found 24 May 2020, 14:23 Stbelgien found the geocache

Found Recommended 26 February 2015, 16:00 longW found the geocache

Nice city.

Found 14 November 2008 ds453 found the geocache

schönes ruhiges mittelalterliches Ambiente.
OUT/IN : TB
TFTC

Found 06 January 2008 vampirhummel found the geocache

Eine atemberaubend schöne Kleinstadt - wir haben uns sofort in das schicke größere Haus am Ende des Platzes verliebt

Super Cache! TFTC!

In: Coin
Out: %

Found 03 June 2007 ufabra found the geocache

After a pleasant walk through the nice old village Limbourg we've found the cache without problems. Thanks to Captain Cook for another fine cache in Belgium.

Liebe Grüße,
2x UFABRA