Grampian – Speyside: Episode 1.2, 1983

Grampian – Speyside

Episode 1.2
6 January 1983

Contestants

Roger Newall, London council worker originally from Northern Ireland
Catherine Froud, cultural affairs officer originally from New Zealand

Start Position

Clue 1	A famous naval signal in a tower above the town where Banquo’s ghost appeared, conceals or reveals your clue.
Leads to	Nelson’s Monument, Forres – behind a picture of Nelson’s naval flag located inside the tower

Clue 2	‘This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses...’ even though there is something smelly in the fishkettle. 1
Leads to	Cawdor Castle – on a salmon in a fishkettle in the old kitchen

Re-position to

Clue 3	If you can get into the new bit of No 1 Warehouse at the Grant’s place at Ballindalloch, south of Drum Wood, the misplaced barrel is your goal.
Leads to	Glenfarclas Distillery, near Ballindalloch – under a barrel on the floor of No 1 Warehouse

Clue 4	To get up to the Glenlivet washbacks, enter under W S G Smith’s initials. The bottle you want is labelled. 2, 3
Leads to	Glenlivet Distillery – whisky bottle telling all that the £1000 prize had been won

Result

The contestants ran out of time just as Anneka landed to go into the Glenfarclas Distillery on Clue 3. They won £200.

Notes
1	The first part of this clue refers to a passage from Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 6) in which Shakespeare describes Cawdor Castle.
2	Anne Meo, the question-setter, read out the clue that the contestants would have found if they had not run out of time on their way to Clue 3. W S G Smith’s initials refer to a plaque mounted above the door at the distillery, with the initials inscribed upon it.
3	There were only four clues on this treasure hunt.

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