Thames Valley – Berkshire / Buckinghamshire
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Episode 7.8
6 April 1989
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| Contestants |
Consella Parkinson and sister Mary Tipton, respectively vasectomy
clinic manager from Molesey near Birmingham and cake business owner from Hale
in Cornwall |
| Hint to the Treasure |
30th Wedding Anniversary |
| Clue 1 |
To the home of merry wives, Brunel’s terminus, and jubilation
for Nike’s Roman counterpart. Be at her right hand for standing orders. |
| Leads to |
“Royalty and Empire” exhibition at Windsor and Eton Central
station – in hand of Madame Tussauds model of Queen Victoria |
| Clue 2 |
Before the chase, stop in a Karen Blixen habitat, get behind
bars to feed Churchill’s hungry felines, and claw down an arboreal clue. |
| Leads to |
Windsor Safari Park –
in a tree in the lion and tiger enclosure |
| Clue 3 |
Go to Hoby’s haunt for kicks, and get shooting with the cupwinners
captain – prickly though he sounds. |
| Leads to |
Bisham Abbey –
Annabel shoots a penalty and retrieves the clue from the goalkeeper |
| Clue 4 |
From the Hellfire HQ get between the rowlocks to identify
a possible natterjack among Grahame’s triad. |
| Leads to |
Medmenham –
with ‘Toad’ in rowing boat on the Thames |
| Clue 5 |
At the home of a Campion champion, see how Francis retired
into his shell. |
| Leads to |
Stonor House –
a pearl on a chair |
| Result |
The contestants ran out of time on the final clue |
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