Nottinghamshire
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Episode 4.11
6 March 1986
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| Contestants |
Richard Wells and Peter Kelly, respectively journalist and sales executive
from High Wycombe |
| Hint to the Treasure |
A sign of the greenwood |
| Clue 1 |
Below Willoughby’s pepperpots, approach La Traviata’s glasshouse,
but stop short at a pelargonic Mrs Parker. |
| Leads to |
Wollaton Hall –
in a flowerbed of ‘Mrs Parker’ geraniums |
| Clue 2 |
The Goosegate boy pulled himself up by his bootstraps here.
Don’t miss the bus to D 10, where things will go bubbling along. |
| Leads to |
Boots factory,
Beeston – on a bottle of bubble bath in D10 building |
| Clue 3 |
Past the site of the big Gunns to a hydrous course of leeches
and clews. Our clue’s gone by the board on a tandem. |
| Leads to |
National Water Sports Centre,
Holme Pierrepont – on a tandem windsurfing board |
| Clue 4 |
It’s beyond Joyce: Old Bill’s taken over the Huskinsons’ manor.
Frisk the unguligrade one who nominally plays from the gallery. |
| Leads to |
Police Training Centre, Epperstone –
on the saddle of a horse (‘unguligrade’ means ‘walking on hooves’) called ‘Minstrel’ |
| Clue 5 |
Where Mr Bramley kept an orchard, head for the place where
the Merry Monarch’s father got framed at the bar. |
| Leads to |
Southwell – leaves (‘a sign of the greenwood’) above the
bar in The Saracen’s Head pub |
| Result |
The contestants ran out of time on the final clue |
Information © David Hodges, 2003, with corrections by Martin Underwood, 2011
Page design © Martin Underwood,
2014
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