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Event Details

Date:

2nd July 2000, Start Time 2:15pm

Location:

The Barley Mow, Tandridge Lane, Tandridge, Surrey

Organisers:

Andy Hooper, Geoff Hunt & Alan Reeves

Walk Distance:

3 Miles (5Km)

Directions

Nat Grid Ref: TQ373506

Tandridge is south of the A25, about halfway between Godstone (to the west) and Oxted (to the east). The Barley Mow is in Tandridge Lane, which runs through the middle of the village.

Godstone, which is just south of the M25 at Junction 6 and on the A22, is the easiest place to locate: refer to the map below.

The pub has a restaurant and accommodates children.

Location Map:

Locator map (65K)

Route & Question Sheet

STARTERS
All are visible from the front of the pub.

 1. Before tennis, a motion
After dinner, coffee
Following tide and water
Complete time
 2. Confuse the rest who ramble yet
 3. I hear sheep makes dim
Those around him

STAGE I 
Right along pavement. Soon left to footpath across field. Ahead at Public footpath sign to and through the next field. Continue ahead to road.

4. She makes road hogs horny
 5. Get a bullseye, score a single
 6. Sounds like a spell in the sun

STAGE II 
Cross road. Ahead along path. Through kissing gate. Ahead at barrier. Right at Bridleway. End of stage at Leigh Mill House.

7. Sounds like a vegetarian recipe for an arachnophobiac
8. Tiger Tim’s ideal home I’d say
With his favourite sport not far away

STAGE III  
Left to path around pond. Over stile and right. Over stile and left along track. Right off track at footpath and left along field edge. Left at yellow arrows. Down through field. Right at avenue of trees. Left at pond. Ahead through churchy~ard. End of stage at road.

9. Ma and Pa go dancing in here
10. It’s here under false pretences
There aren’t any walls or fences
11. Holy Kenco

STAGE IV 
Left along road. Continue ahead at junction. End of stage at lane to Leigh Place.

12. H
13. The first man is restricted

 14.

A radio greeting when Edward VII was king

STAGE V
Left along lane. Continue ahead through section already walked on stage 3. Ahead at Bridleway sign. Ahead to subway where stage ends.

15. You’ll need special glasses to see this clue
And the PC will need a graphics card too!
16. Looks like double trouble for NASA on Mars!
 17. Robin next door’s left wrist

STAGE VI 
Ahead under subway and soon right. Left at Public Footpath. Through field. Exit field at Public Footpath sign on left where stage ends.

18. Gang cheat poor Ted out of home
19. It looks like the directors have been egged on here

STAGE VII 
Right down lane. End of stage at road.

20. A scwewy wabbit bugs the wesidents here
21. Spanked eminence on tough detective’s advice, I hear
22. Something between a correction and a crash?
Things aren’t looking up

STAGE VIII 
Left along road. Soon right at farm shop sign. Ahead along lane. Right at kissing gate along a clear path through field. Over stile and along path. Ahead at lane to pub.

23. Where chargecard Otto gets busted
24. A scandal of those who used to work with crooks?
25. It’s the done thing in Lambeth

Young Walkers Questions

All stages and directions are as the walk above.

STARTER
a. Take the top from the bottom and name that card!

STAGE I
b. French Emperor, but surely he wasn’t that small?

STAGE II
c. Wimbledon it isn’t

STAGE III
d. Can you name a family that had a bit to do with the church

STAGE IV
e. Does Harry practice his spelling here?

f.

Morning Warnings

STAGE V
g. Alphabetically and numerically they match

STAGE VI
h. As worn by convicts in custardy?

STAGE VII
i. A scwewy wabbit bugs the wesidents here
(Go on, get this one for the adults)

STAGE VIII
j. Fields for sale?

Answers

1. 7 tables
2. Pub Sign — The Barley Mow
3. Ramblers Rest
4. SLOW sign in road, L missing largely, read as SOW
5. Electrical enclosure, location Tandridge South 502045
6. ESSO L 10” km 726 p
7. Greensand Way (again)
8. Tennis Court next to chicken coop
9. Pagoda in garden
10. Ornamental gate, no wall or fence
11. These grounds are consecrated — sign on graveyard fence
12. Church End
13. Adams Ltd on drain lid
14. FMHI 1903 carved on stone outbuilding
15. Black 3 and red D on telegraph pole
16. 2 lander alarms on brick building
17. Neighbourhood Watch Area
18. Hop Garden Cottage
19. 2 yellow arrows on post in the middle of field
20. Ellmer Homes
21. Tand ridge District Council
22. 10% downward gradient sign
23. Orchard Cottage
24. Shepherds gate sign
25. The Walk — road sign

Young Walker Answers

a. 4 of Hearts, 16 upstairs and 20 downstairs
b. Napoleon on dog gate
c. Derelict tennis court
d. Several generations of Hoares were priests at the church
e. Potters Cottage
f. AM Alarms
g. D and 4 on telegraph pole
h. Yellow arrows
i. Ellmer Homes
j. Farm shop