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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 Anneka ran though the
Centre for Alternative Technology looking for the goat. She was almost able
to touch it when the gong sounded. They won £500. |
| 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
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2024
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