Somerset
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Episode 3.7
7 February 1985
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| Contestants |
Graham Dawes and Howard Smith, colleagues in Royal Navy Fleet
Air Arm |
| Hint to the Treasure |
Something striking |
| Clue 1 |
Fly and hitch to Hell’s Ladder and the witch, and bring in
the painter for the next pointer. |
| Leads to |
Wookey Hole
caves – on boat on underground lake 2 |
| Clue 2 |
Near the Waldegraves’ ancestral home, sniff out the treat
Ben Gunn dreamed of and find one made on Michaelmas Day. |
| Leads to |
Chewton Mendip cheese dairy –
on cheese made on Michaelmas Day (29 Sep 1983) |
| Clue 3 |
In a town of springs, see how Mary Rand sprang to victory,
then take a run for no money. |
| Leads to |
Wells – on Penniless Porch
near cathedral |
| Clue 4 |
In the “thoroughfare” of St Crispin’s trade, on the floor
where the juniors are in stitches, a rosy Dawn gets buckled down. |
| Leads to |
Clarks shoe factory,
Street – on Dawn girls’ shoe production line |
| Clue 5 |
By the spot where legend buried the King from Camelot, a cypress
that started life in Jerusalem hides something he treasured. |
| Leads to |
Glastonbury – sword representing Excalibur hidden in cypress
tree near abbey. |
| Result |
The contestants ran out of time just after starting the final clue |
| Notes |
| 1 |
Annie had a bandaged left foot from her collision with a horse
at Hickstead during the West Sussex episode. |
| 2 |
Annie split her jumpsuit during the first clue and had to
film the reminder of the hunt with black gaffer tape covering her bottom after
Graham made a hasty repair. |
Information © David Hodges, 2003, with corrections by Martin Underwood, 2010
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2014
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