Directions

Nat Grid Ref: TQ146487

Location: Westcott is just to the south of M25, west of Dorking on the A25. Take Junction 9 from motorway and follow A243 south (Kingston Road/Leatherhead Bypass). At roundabout with A24 (from Epsom & Ashtead) stay with Leatherhead bypass (signposted Dorking). Soon you reach the Dorking one-way system and follow this until you see signs for Guildford and the A25. Westcott is about 2½ miles west and the Crown Inn is the first pub that you come to on the left.

Public Transport: Dorking is about 2½ miles to the east and is well served by trains for London and the southeast.

The Walk: Parts of this walk will not be suitable for small children or families with buggies/pushchairs as there are 8 stiles, one very narrow gate and a long steep and narrow climb up a pathway crossed by many tree roots. There is also the prospect of a ploughed field to cross depending on the farmer's calendar. Not withstanding this we completed it with a 4 year old and a buggy-bound 2 year old and we have provided children's clues. It is a pretty walk with good views from the North Downs and plenty of interest for the casual stroller as well as the hardened clue seeker.

Map:

Route & Question Sheet

STARTERS
Answers can be seen from the pub garden.

1.	Below the vine beneath the pot, The end for Clark you'll surely spot.
2.	Double vision can be completed, Serials have been repeated.
3.	Judges and meeting leaders accommodate The drinkers while their thirsts they sate.

STAGE I
Out of car park, turn right. Stay on the right side of the road. At School Lane turn right. At the end of the lane carry on up a small footpath. At junction of paths turn left down hill. At junction of paths turn left down hill, again. At the bottom of the hill cross the footbridge and turn left. EOS 1 is the end of Milton Street where it joins the main road (A25).

4.	From three of five the name is teased, Avoid the learner and be pleased.
5.	No revolution here we think, Che', go mash huge wink!
6.	In the white house here they nest, In a tenement with the rest
7.	Join directions up and other, To slip or passage and discover.

STAGE II
Cross main road (A25) and proceed straight ahead along Lince Lane. At the end of the lane take the small path on the right next to the gate. Almost immediately cross a footbridge, with a stile on far side, over a small stream. Bear left along fence towards a stile in a hedge. Once over the stile continue straight ahead, across a field, towards a finger post on the horizon. Carry straight on across the field and you will come to some trees. Follow the path through the wood. On the other side cross a stile and turn left out of the wood towards a large silver metal gate at the railway line. Cross the railway line and continue into the wood on the other side and up a very steep and narrow path. EOS 2 is the junction of the steep path with the track at the top.

8.	Little one inside a dozen? Rendezvous of signals given!
9.	When Trevor starts to see backward, You'll come to the answer as I said you would.
10.	If in God you trust, Aspire to heaven you must.
11.	Could money have caused such upheaval, Even though it be the base of all evil.

STAGE III
At the top of the steep path turn left and follow this ridge way track for some distance. There is only one major junction along this section of the route and this should be ignored, following the continuation of the track in the direction of travel until the end of stage. EOS 3 is a wooden gate, leading to a field, on a very sharp left-hand bend to this track with a junction with another track from the right.

12.	Increase the tension without the fuss, Ratchet up and try stop us.
13.	The world on his shoulders he takes a pew, Can he take the weight of you?
14.	Standard help for burdened beast, First it's in, then released.

STAGE IV
Continue on the main track that you have been following for some time now as it goes steadily down hill towards a farm and the railway line. At the farm turn right under the railway. Where the concrete pathway meets the road turn right down the track. After a short distance go over the little brook and take the first public footpath on your left. Follow this across the ditch, next to the wood and up across the field. EOS 4 is the stile on edge of wood at the top of the hill.

15.	Not a third or a half, Three out of four, fill the bath.
16.	Back to front and back again, Whichever way it totals ten.
17.	Two rest for you across to stride, Bound together side by side.

STAGE V
Walk through the wood. Out of the wood and carry on down the hill with the line of trees to your left and the wire fence to your right. Over the bridge, between two stiles, bear left and go over another stile. At the road turn left. At the road junction and bridges bear right along Westcott Street. Take the second road on the left (it looks like you are entering Springfield Farm). Cross over a bridge without any sides. At junction of tracks turn right through the gate. EOS 5 is at the gate.

18.	Not precarious but very able, When first of snacks come to table.
19.	The store for names is plain to see, From end address to I wear me.
20.	Two Regents guard against the entries, Unwanted guests should fear these sentries.
21.	Wallace and his mate might walk, But these creatures really move and talk.

STAGE VI
Walk diagonally left across the field. Continue with the stream on your right until you come to a big metal farm gate. Over the right hand stile turn immediately right through a pedestrian gate and up a narrow path. Go over a little bridge. At the junction of the paths carry on straight up behind the houses. At the road turn right and walk for about 200 metres. EOS 6 is on the pavement opposite the entrance to the car park for The Prince of Wales pub.

22.	News by a whisker powered around, It's in the air not on the ground.
23.	He left the dog and the bones, To sort it out, Mitch came to 'phones.
24.	Two perched around, they are gold, More than a few, some say old.
25.	One gives notice to divide, Gods keep safe the things inside.

Young Walkers Questions

All directions and stages as main walk above

STARTERS
1. 2. 3. 4.	What would you score a goal in? How many white tables Are there? Are there 2 chimney pots or 3? Count the steps down to the entrance to the pub from the garden.

STAGE I

5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Collect an ivy leaf. Draw a picture of the statue of the lady holding the crown. What is prickly and grows in bushes. From what land do the fence panels come? How many bridges can you see between the bridge that you cross over at the bottom of the hill and the next one that you cross over? What's the name of the house with the sheep on it? What time is the last collection, Mon-Fri, from the red post box?

STAGE II
12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.	Find a telegraph pole that has the same numbers on it but back to front. If you sit on this you will go back and forward. What is it? How many blue and yellow arrows are there? What might you need to use if you had an animal or vehicle and needed to cross the crossing? How much is the fine for trespassing on the railway? Collect a pine cone on the hill.

STAGE III
18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.	Who made the gate on the left (clue - there were five of them and the youngest one is called Michael). What animal is grazing in the National Trust field? What colour arrow has 'NT' on it? How many bars are on the gate? Draw the gate next to the tree stump. What do you think is in the two shiny objects down at the bottom of the hill? Draw a picture of a National Trust sign.

STAGE IV
25. 26. 27.	What is the name of the yellow flower growing in the field on the right? Count the green shutters on the barn in the farm. It's five and a half out and one and three quarters down. What is it?

Answers

1. Below the Russian vine growing over the roof and beneath the chimney pot is a (Clark) Gable ended roof.

2. Two TV aerials (anagram of serials) cling to one pole on the roof.

3. Benches (Judges) and Chairs (meeting leaders) have drinkers sitting on/in them (accommodate) while they drink.

4. C of E (letters 3 & 5) school has a Headmistress whose name appears on the notice board: Miss L. Happe

5. Drain cover near the gates to the school playground, on a slightly raised bank, has a star (Symbol of revolution) in the middle of it and a name and location details around the star that reads: "C.E Hughes, Wokingham" which is an anagram of the second line.

6. Simply refers to the white Dovecot in the garden of the house called 'Crooked acre'.

7. Finger post indicating the North (up) Downs (other - than up) Way (is another form of direction and can also follow the words 'slip' & 'passage'). Way could also be a synonym for passage and discover.

8. A sign with an elf (little people) sitting inside a shamrock (trefoil - three leaved plant) on a gate to a house the name of which is 'Faurefold'. Therefore: Fourfold three is twelve (dozen), which is what you get if you link (rendezvous) the two signs (signals) together.

9. What John Cooper calls an abstract clue - The start of Trevor (Tr) to see backwards (ees) gives you trees and I said that you would come to some in the directions!

10. Another abstract! The spire of St Martin's church in Dorking that dominates the skyline of the town on this part of the walk.

11. Money is 'The root of all evil' not the base. The big tree on the left as you go up the very steep path has obviously been the subject of a great deal of upheaval and the roots (base) are very prominent.

12. 'Try stop us' is an anagram of 'Rusty post', which is what you see on your left hand side about half way. It has cogs up it employed to ratchet up and increase the tension of the wire fence that is used, without much fuss, to 'try stop us'.

13. Atlas took the World on his shoulders and is the name of the bolts used to secure the only bench along this part of the walk.

14. Stockade (Stock aid = standard help) used to coral the ponies (beasts of burden). It has a gate to let them in at one end and another to let them out.

15. ¾ " pipe used to fill the water trough in the field up the small bank on the right towards the start of this stage, before you reach the farm gate.

16. Sign on embankment, just before you go under the railway, that reads 262 but you view it in reverse from the ground.

17. Two railway sleepers, bound together with chicken wire resting across a ditch to act as a bridge. You actually walk over these along the way.

18. The first of 'snacks' is 'S' taken to 'table' spells 'Stable' (therefore not precarious). There are two green huts in the garden of the house on the left, that can be seen as you cross the stiles and come to the road, that are used to stable the Donkeys.

19. A large Tudor style house on the right hand side of the road, opposite the stable from clue 18 is called "Stowe Maries". From the end of address, "ss to I wear me" is an anagram of the house name.

20. Two statues of Lions (kings of the jungle) hold shields bearing smaller Lions that do not quite have the crowns resting on their heads (Regents - not quite crowned). These 'guard the entrance' of 'The Mill'.

21. The animated film 'Wallace & Gromit' (his mate) had a sequel called 'Chicken Run' (really move). The answer is (one of) the Chicken Runs that you pass soon after you enter Springfield Farm.

22. N.E.W.S (all points of the compass) is powered around (by the wind - air) on a weather vane surmounted by a cat (a creature you would normally expect to see on the ground, not in the air). The weather vain is attached to a garden fence on the other side of the stream as you walk towards the gate and stile.

23. There is a large black compost bin with the words 'The Compost Machine' (anagram of Mitch came to 'phones) embossed on it in the alleyway behind the houses. Two of the items it instructs you not to place in it are pet waste and bones.

24. Sign on side of house giving the house number 80 with two Gold Finches perched around it.

25. A sign attached to a tree behind a tall fence on the left as you walk up the steep path towards the road. It reads 'Warning' (one gives notice) and this is written above a line (as in a figure in a division sum), with the second part of the 'equation' written below. The writing below the line reads ' Guard' (keep safe) 'Dogs' (anag).

Young Walker Answers

1. Goal post in garden.
2. Five.
3. Three.
4. Four.
5.
6.
7. Holly.
8. Wayland.
9. Seven bridges can be seen.
10. Little Trinity.
11. 4.30pm.
12. 28/82
13. A swing.
14. Two of each.
15. The telephone next to the crossing.
16. £1000.
17.
18. Jacksons.
19. Sheep.
20. Green.
21. Five.
22. (Union Jack Pattern).
23. Water in very shiny troughs.
24.
25. Dandelion.
26. Eight.
27. S.E.E.B. cable.