Cumbria

Episode 7.4
9 March 1989



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Contestants Maggie Kear, music promotions director, and work colleague Jon Fielder, musician; both from Balcombe, West Sussex
Hint to the Treasure Pull your finger out
Start Position Oubas Hill, near Ulverston
Clue 1 Pass the Cavendish cars en route for the Austin brothers’ prior place, square up with the Morris connection, and seek Horatio’s hat. 1
Leads to Cartmel – in ‘Horatio hat’ worn by folk dancer
Clue 2 Gravitate towards an uphill apple-watcher where aniseed has blazed a sporting trail, and sort out Captain Johns’s hero. 2
Leads to Newton Fell – with owner of dog ‘Biggles’ at end of dogs’ hill race
Clue 3 Find the Wilde owner of a fan below an opening for the Number One scout, and join a champion on the crest of a wave. 3
Leads to Lake Windermere – with water skier
Re-position to Arnside 4
Clue 4 Where the Garden of England meets the Sahara, find a level crossing with carriages but no track. Drive after the Queen’s Guide, who must look to his laurels. 5
Leads to Kent Sands – Annabel rides in a horse-drawn carriage across the sands to retrieve the buried clue
Clue 5 Beyond booming bitterns to a hall where a buzzard from Beds would feel at home. Find what the master made for the missus – and it’s all sewn up. 6
Leads to Leighton Hall – thimble in workbox in drawing room
Result The contestants won the treasure with 1 minute 2 seconds to spare


Notes
1 The helicopter flies past Holker Hall (owned by the Cavendish family) towards Cartmel Priory (the Austin brothers’ prior place). From the air, Annabel spots some Morris dancers in Cartmel Square (square up with the Morris connection). She lands, joins in with the dance, and is given the clue by the dancer dressed as Horatio Nelson. It is in his hat (seek Horatio’s hat).
2 Maggie and Jon tell Annabel to fly to Newton Fell (gravitate towards an uphill apple-watcher), where she sees a dog race in progress (where aniseed has blazed a sporting trail). After landing she locates Margaret, the owner of dog no 278, ‘Biggles’ (sort out Capt John’s hero), who has the clue. [During the commercial break, Annabel changes into a wetsuit].
3 Annabel flies towards Lake Windermere (Oscar Wilde wrote ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’). Near Great Tower Plantation, an area on the lake’s eastern shore owned by the Scouts, she sees water-ski champion Brett Hodgkins in action on the water. The helicopter briefly lands on a jetty to deposit Annabel, then takes off as she dons water-skis. Frankie commentates while she tries to water-ski. She falls in, but Brett arrives with the clue.
4 During the re-positioning, Annabel changes back into her skyrunner suit.
5 Keith flies over the expanse of sands around the Kent estuary (where the Garden of England meets the Sahara) and Annabel eventually sees two horse-drawn carriages crossing (a level crossing with carriages but no track). The helicopter lands, Annabel and the crew board the second carriage, which drives them to a laurel bush planted in the sand. The guide from the first carriage helps Annabel dig the clue from beside the bush. [In the past, laurel bushes were used to mark the safe route across the quicksand; hence ‘look to his laurels’].
6 Beyond the RSPB reserve at Leighton Moss (beyond booming bitterns) lies Leighton Hall (Leighton Buzzard = buzzard from Beds). Annabel enters the drawing room and finds a woman sewing. The treasure, a thimble (pull your finger out) is nearby.





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