Directions

Nat Grid Ref: TQ356650

Location:
Shirley is just to the east of Croydon and The Surprise Inn is at 107 Upper Shirley Road (Tel: 020 8656 6820).

Public Transport:
466 bus from East Croydon station

Map:

Route & Question Sheet

STARTERS
Answers can be seen from in front of the pub.

1.	A six-footer hangs around Causing wonder I'll be bound
2.	A mark of excellence, and its got ahead
3.	V deprives one of sight

STAGE I
Out of pub, turn right to Oakes Road, here right, keep on left side of road, at London Loop sign through wooden gate into woods. End stage at T-junction by "Loop Post".

4.	Just go blink and you'll miss an open mouthed display
5.	For fingering thieves
6.	City coverage? That's capital

STAGE II
Here right, then bear left uphill following posts, through copse of firs. Carry on, ignoring right and left turns. End at "T" a few yards to the right of tramway sign.

7.	Searching for the white cliffs?
8.	You can bet its on the right Now that Dubya's sitting tight
9.	Latest craze in garden decor Formally found on Men-Of-War
10.	3 symbols of punishment here Intertwined for maximum fear

STAGE III
Right here, follow path round, tramway on your left. A few yards before the path ends at road, turn right and end at large tree opposite white fence of Coombe Farm..

11.	Could have been a contender
12.	A word to the wise But beware crossed eyes
13.	A live wire no doubt is shown But unmatched it won't get you home

STAGE IV
Cross road, turn left and quickly right towards Coombe Farm. Carry on towards farm, ignore left turning, end at Coombe Farm Playing Field sign.

14.	Often at the foot it gnaws Here its grasped in clutching paws
15.	And fit for Canterbury
16.	Shout with a cry of pain And cover the pillar, its quite plain
17.	You won't need this chart of map You'll follow the route without mishap

STAGE V
Carry on past Football Club (soon path turns to track). Pass white house on left. End where new fence begins on left at 16th hole.

18.	Secure with the Pru
19.	Conservationists' criticism
20.	Confuse last peruse and show your metal
21.	Mixed clues go for a solution

STAGE VI
Carry on path, wooden fence on left. Soon through kissing gate, on to main road at end of Oakes Lane. With no more clues from here, turn right to pub.

22.	Correspondence from The Kremlin?
23.	Lather out grime on cleaning time
24.	Cornish fete?
25.	Mutt's retirement home

Answers

1. Butterfly on sign
2. Advert for Guinness with a tick and beer with a head
3. Five blinds
4. Goblin above door of No 119
5. Digital Security Systems
6. London Loop
7. Blue bird on post
8. White house on right ("Dubya" = George W Bush)
9. Wooden slats over mud = "decking"
10. Birch tree held with two straps
11. "Challenger" on manhole cover
12. "Look both ways" on sign
13. Picture of tram shows overhead wires unattached
14. Squirrel holding acorn, on gatepost
15. Pilgrim's Well
16. Yellow post (yell - ow)
17. Atlas on wooden gate posts
18. "Insurance" on padlock
19. Green metal railing
20. SUPRA STEEL (anag) on metal cover
21. Golf course (anag: "clues go for")
22. Red post on left
23. L.O.G.O - initial letters on golf ball cleaner
24. West Fair, on manhole cover
25. Dog kennel named "The Retreat"