Gwynedd

Episode 5.10
16 April 1987




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Contestants Chris Aylett, importer of German fishing tackle, and his wife Annie, fashion fabric factory owner; both from Leamington Spa.
Hint to the Treasure It could go to your head
Start Position Mynydd y Cilgwyn
Clue 1 Towards an ancient fort, use Wynn-ing ways to make hay with the young farmers – and then bale out!
Leads to Glynllifon Agricultural College – on top of a cart loaded with hay bales
Clue 2 By Segontium to the place where they spin tales of a Constantinople lookalike; peep behind the curtain to find someone who spins a yarn.
Leads to Caernarfon Castle – on spinning wheel in courtyard
Clue 3 Make for Mona’s Isle, the seat of a Waterloo hero, and a decorative dining room. Look where the artist’s sweeping leaves.
Leads to Plas Newydd, Anglesey – in Long Dining Room where there is an exhibition of Whistler paintings
Clue 4 Keep on the strait and narrow to where Hansom left his cab for jail. But silence in court! Rice is up for sentence!
Leads to Beaumaris Courthouse – Anneka takes part in a mock trial 1
Clue 5 Bible flowers bloom for the Bishop; but off the pier there’s a sporting chance of reaching the stem of Plas Menai’s French Daisy.
Leads to Bangor Pier – a captain’s cap aboard yacht ‘Marguerite III’ 2
Result The contestants ran out of time on the final clue


Notes
1 The contestants take a long time to work out that the Rice mentioned in the clue refers to Anneka Rice! They look for a reference to someone else called Rice being sent down!
2 Graham commentates on what’s happening after Anneka jumps from the helicopter.