Schoolfrenz Rally 2010

Route Card 4 (Transport)

Route Card 4 (Transport)
Display Map Solution     

Interactive Map



Plotting Boundaries: (E 619150, N 239980) to (E 630570, N 231900)

For this section you're on foot (unless instructed otherwise) so use any Footpaths, Bridleways, Byways, Roads, etc. If instructed to use different Transport, only use a route appropriate to that Transport. Geocachers will be familiar with what is known as a multi-cache. The concept is closely related to rallying. You are given a starting point (think Time Control) where you will find a clue (think cache or Passage Check) which will tell you - by a puzzle or exact location - where the next clue is located. You continue from clue to clue, with the last one pointing to the finishing point (Time Control or final cache).

NB: In travelling between the points take the shortest route, treating all footpaths, bridleways, byways, roads, etc, EQUALLY - this is DIFFERENT to the previous rounds but should be more straightforward.

Unlike roads, footpaths, bridleways, byways passing through buildings and appearing the other side are considered "Through Paths".

The interactive map is linked above.

Start at WWW in GS1937. Click on the map here (or close by) to reveal a marker. Click on the marker for the clue to the next point. There are 27 markers/points in total. Marker 1 == TC1. Marker 14 == TC2. Marker 27 == TC3.

Part 1 (Masters, Experts and Novices)

Your route is defined by TC1 > TC2 i.e. Marker 1 to Marker 14.

Part 2 (Masters Only)

Your route is defined by TC2 > TC3 i.e. Marker 14 to Marker 27.

Route Card Commentary
I'd tried to simplify the multi-cache concept and give a well defined route between the markers but it didn't quite work out like that!
Part 1 - Two Masters decided that PC1G plotted just East of the Footpath junction and therefore defined a longer route close to Collimer Point and into Church End from the East. This was unintentional, the reality was that the reference I supplied to Crow does plot on the Footpath junction but the marker also has the same reference, therefore I allowed an alternative set of answers for this route.
Also two Experts argued that Letters and Red Diamonds should only be counted if they cover a road and not a Footpath so this gave another alternative set of answers!
There were also a lot of comments about possible shorter routes from PC1K to PC1L that did not follow the coastal path, but I cannot see any route to join the white at 2444 3376 and once you have reached the junction at 2459 3361 the coastal route is shorter than anything else I've found.

Part 2 - Same as Part 1 with more complicated clues in between the markers. Unfortunately the Masters discovered 3 buses waiting at the Museum instead of the one that I had intended. My bus was quite happy to follow the White under "Mus" and over the LC to the next roundabout where Iain Tullie's bus turned left and followed a not very clear white on a slightly shorter route to the Red roundabout. The 3rd bus followed the well defined white along the coast. As I could not think of a good argument against any of the other buses, but could understand why people had used them, I have allowed 3 alternative answers for this section.

RC5 - Further to the above, the P of Rence Park Farm was ambiguous.

Best on Route Card: Iain Tullie
Route Check Questions & Answers

Alternative answers are shown on separate lines.
Alternative sets of answers are shown with dividers.

NoQuestionAnswer NoQuestionAnswer
1RD5

5

10

12

12

12
 6RO3

3

3

3

3

5
2GL345

5

5

5

5

5
 7GL385

5

5

5

5

5
3'Collimer'N

N

N

N

N

N
 8GC12

5

5

12

5

5
4GL243

3

3

3

3

3
 9GL286

6

6

6

6

6
5LETTERSP,M

P,M

P,H,M,T
H,M,T

P,H,M,M,T
H,M,M,T

P,H,M,M,T
H,M,M,T

P,H,M,M,T
H,M,M,T
F,P,H,M,M,T
F,H,M,M,T
 10W>Y5

6

6

5

6

5