Powys
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Episode 1.4
20 January 1983
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| Contestants |
Carole Watson, children’s book editor from London, and friend
Christian Bailey, unemployed journalist from Pimlico, London |
| Clue 1 |
The bells were submerged in 520 AD, but you’ll find a place
where you can still see them on burgees and notepaper. Your clue is on the
noticeboard. 1 |
| Leads to |
Aberdovey Yacht Club –
note on notice board |
| Clue 2 |
If you can catch the little puffer, the driver will give you
a danger signal. |
| Leads to |
Dolgoch station,
Talyllyn Railway – red flag on steam loco ‘Dolgoch’ |
| Clue 3 |
No sea for the cormorants at this rock nowadays, but they
don’t seem to have noticed! When you find them, the clue is in the wall that
stops access to the road and the scree. |
| Leads to |
Birds Rock –
note in dry stone wall by scree |
| Clue 4 |
Lower than 893 metres there is a reputedly bottomless lake.
On its rim, a boulder with a patch of white quartz enables you to fish up the
treasure that might have been mined in Wales, but wasn’t! |
| Leads to |
Llyn y Gadair lake on Cader Idris – pendant attached to quartz-patched boulder on
shore of lake |
| Clue 5 |
Among the windmills and solar panels, wash your hands in the
pink basin before milking a goat in the smallholding. Half a glass will do. |
| Leads to |
Centre for Alternative Technology
near Machynlleth – milking a goat |
| Result |
The contestants ran out of time as Annie ran though the Centre
for Alternative Technology looking for the goat. She was almost able to touch it
when the gong sounded. |
| Notes |
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‘The bells’ are the Bells of Aberdovey. A ‘burgee’ is a small,
triangular flag bearing the emblem of a sailing club. |
Information © David Hodges, 2003, with corrections by Martin Underwood, 2010
Page design © Martin Underwood,
2014
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