This checkin to GC9F5YC GIs in Letcombe reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found the clues and solved the coordinates, but I've JUST walked past the final location a while ago and don't feel like doubling back today!
A=How many letters in the word underneath Knoxville?
B=A*2
C=Number of letters in place where "Beckett" came from.
D=C+1
E=F Number of letters in the word underneath Knoxville divided by 2
I should have worked out the likely location before I set out. Given that A must be a single digit number that can be doubled (B) to get a single digit number and halved (E, F) to get a second, there's only one possible value for those four clues! The other two C and D are related to one another as well, resulting in a grand total of only 9 possible pairs of coordinates at which this cache could live (of which I'll bet the "right" one stands out as the most-likely, even without making assumptions about the length of place names!). So yeah, I'm kicking myself slightly for not solving this before I visited.
But I'm glad I visited anyway. The historical connection is interesting and I enjoyed learning about it.
Maybe I'll come find the actual cache next time I'm in the area!
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