THREE WIZARDS LETTERBOX
RATE: EASY - ABOUT 30 HOUR
PLANTED: 11/26/02 BY B-THE WEEKEND WARRIOR
MANSFIELD CT, IN TOLLAND COUNTY

TAKE ROUTE 32 IN MANSFIELD TO MERROW RD. GO OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS
TO THE PARKING LOT FOR MERROW MEADOW PARK ON THE LEFT AND PARK.
THIS IS A POPULAR AREA - TRY TO KEEP THE BOXES A SECRET.
THREE WIZARDS DECIDED GO TO THE FORBIDDEN WOODS TO FIND THE
INGREDIENTS FOR A NEW POTION. THEY NEEDED: EYE OF NEWT; OOSBAIN;
AND GREDDER BERRIES. THEY DECIDED TO TAKE THE PATH TO THE LEFT AND
STAYED ON THE TRAIL UNTIL THE SAW A PATH OFF TO THE LEFT - THEY
FOLLOWED OVER A BRIDGE UNTIL THEY CAME ACROSS DOUBLE BROOMSTICKS ON
A WOODEN POST. DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS POST, BY THE TREE WITH TWO
TRUCKS (THE RIGHT ARM DEAD) THE FIRST WIZARD CAN BE FOUND PICKING
OOSBAIN BEHIND THIS TREE.
THEY PROCEDED BACK TO THE PATH AND CONTINUED ONWARD TO THE
LEFT. THEY NOTED A STEEP PATH UP TO THE LEFT, LEADING TO THE
HOGWART EXPRESS, HOPING TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE STEAMER THEY TOOK
THIS PATH. AFTER WAITING A WHILE AND NO TRAIN IN SIGHT, THEY GOT
BORED AND STARTED SNOOPING AROUND. THEY WENT OFF THE PATH (ABOUT
TWENTY FEET BEFORE THE TRACKS GOING UP THE HILL ON YOUR RIGHT)
TOWARD THE SOUND OF RUSHING WATER. THEY WALKED OVER TO THE WATERFALL
AND LISTENED. THEY CONTINUED DOWN BESIDE THE BROOK OVER THE
CRUMPLING STONE WALL (CAREFUL THIS IS AN ANKLE BREAKER / STAY AWAY
FROM THE EDGE (CHUCK THIS MEANS YOU!)) FOR ABOUT SIX PACES FROM THE
AREA OF THE LARGE SMOOTHED BARK TREE, AND FOUND THEMSELVES STANDING
ON A FLAT ROCK BETWEEN TWO OAKS (LOOKS LIKE A HAND POINTING). ON
THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF THE OAK TO THE RIGHT. THE SECOND WIZARD FOUND
HER INGREDIENT. HERE YOU WILL FIND WIZARD NUMBER TWO.
HAVING FOUND TWO OF THE THREE INGREDIENTS THEY CONTINUED DOWN
THE HILL TOWARDS THE RIVER. AT THE BOTTOM THEY FOUND THE WHITE DOT
TRAIL. AT THIS POINT THEY NEEDED TO DECIDE WHICH WAY TO GO - GOING
TO THE LEFT AND FINDING SOMEONE ELSE'S BOX (MERROW PARK) OR GOING
RIGHT TOWARD WHERE THE EYE OF NEWT COULD BE FOUND. IF YOU DECIDED,
LIKE THE WIZARDS, TO GO RIGHT FOLLOW THE PATH TO YOUR THIRD BOX. AT
THE DOUBLE WHITE DOTTED TREE, BEAR LEFT OVER THE CORNER BRIDGE AND
FOLLOW THE PATH ALONG THE RIVER. CONTINUE ACROSS THREE MORE
BRIDGES, FOLLOWING THE COUNT DOWN OF NUMBERS BACK TO THE PAVED PATH -
STAY LEFT. GO TO POST #3, STAND WITH YOUR LEFT SHOULDER TO THE POST
AND TAKE A READING OF 160 DEGREES. ACROSS THE PATH FOR ABOUT SEVEN
PACES TO A TALL STRAIGHT TREE -BEHIND THAT TREE THE THIRD WIZARD
FOUND HIS EYE OF NEWT AND STASHED SOME FOR LATER IN A MAN MADE BOX
OF STONE. YOU'LL DISCOVER THE THIRD WIZARD THERE. STAMP PRIVATELY
AND RETURN HIM TO THIS NEWT PATCH. GO BACK TO THE PATH, BEAR RIGHT,
AND YOUR CAR SHOULD BE QUICKLY IN SIGHT.