Guernsey

Episode 2.3
19 January 1984

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Contestants

Neville and Marion Krasner, a hospital doctor and social worker, respectively, originally from Glasgow but now living in Liverpool.

Description of the Treasure

A small silver trumpet

Start Position

On the rocks at Brehon Tower, mid-way between Guernsey and Herm

Clue 1	On the island with St Tugual’s chapel, find a minimal place for a spot of porridge.
Leads to	Belvoir Bay, Herm – hidden high up inside a tiny, tower-shaped prison

Clue 2	With thermidor in mind, get up to spot the yellow off Fisherman’s Beach; then cast off and take pot luck.
Leads to	Off Fisherman’s Beach, Herm – in a lobster pot 1

Clue 3	Fortified by the sound of brass in the battery, check the battery with the mad-dog timing.
Leads to	Castle Cornet, St Peter Port – on one of the cannons

Clue 4	A tricolour marks the home of the man who told the Rigoletto story. For our next instalment, read between the lines on his desk. 2
Leads to	Hauteville House, St Peter Port – in a book on his desk 3

Clue 5	In the West End, look out for Jerry, the third MP. At the third slit, after being up and down and out, blow your own trumpet.
Leads to	Chouet Tower – a former German observation tower 4

Result

The contestants narrowly failed to win and received a bottle of champagne as a consolation prize

Notes
1	Anneka has to take a speedboat to get to a yellow buoy that’s attached to a lobster pot containing the clue.
2	“Mad-dog timing” refers to the song “Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun” – midday is also the time that the castle’s cannons are fired. Also a cornet is a brass instrument, hence “fortified by the sound of brass” refers to Castle Cornet.
3	Victor Hugo lived at Hauteville House for 15 years, whilst he was in exile. The clue is hidden in a book on his desk, in the study at the top of the house.
4	Anneka has to abseil down the concrete tower to the third look-out slit, where the treasure (a small trumpet) is located.

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