Buckinghamshire / Northamptonshire
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Episode 5.8
2 April 1987
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| Contestants |
June Sparey and Sandra Marshall, journalists from Camberley
and Yateley respectively |
| Hint to the Treasure |
You can wave your claim |
| Clue 1 |
Take a battering at the scene of John Gilpin’s debut, chase
the pan-American rivals, and seek success on a skillet. |
| Leads to |
Olney – at the end of a pancake race by Olney Church |
| Clue 2 |
Chase up the avenue to a rook alternative, where French Squirrels
and Gazelles have a flying start. Go through the zigzags before hitting the
roof. |
| Leads to |
Castle Ashby –
at the end of the 1986 helicopter championships slalom course, which Keith has to fly |
| Clue 3 |
Where Brindley’s by-product meets Memory Lane, Clent is breasted
up to a butty. Where can its clue be? |
| Leads to |
Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum –
in a painted can on the narrow-boat ‘Clent’ |
| Clue 4 |
You’re learning fast: take the Maestro’s No 7 (cornered at
Woodcote) to track down the candid-coloured one with Tasmania’s old name. |
| Leads to |
Silverstone Racetrack –
with the driver of a white racing car, which Annie has to chase in an MG Maestro |
| Clue 5 |
At the ancestral home of a Congress capital’s eponymous hero,
you’re warm when you’re near a Stuart painting. |
| Leads to |
Sulgrave Manor –
a Stars and Stripes flag |
| Result |
The contestants ran out of time on the final clue |
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