Event Details

Date:	25th April 1999, Start Time 2:15pm
Location:	The Chequers, Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey
Organisers:	Alan Reeves
Walk Distance:	3 miles (5 Km)

Directions

Nat Grid Ref: TQ223549

From London & Sutton: Take A217 south. Beware speed cameras! After Burgh Heath at large roundabout with traffic lights at Kingswood take 4th exit (Tadworth Street). At traffic lights, continue ahead towards Walton-on-the-Hill. Past village pond on right and ahead through village centre. The Chequers is a large pub on left (about 1½ miles from Kingswood roundabout).

From M25: At Junction 8 (Reigate) turn north on A217 (Brighton Road). Beware speed cameras! Continue approx. 2½ miles to large roundabout with traffic lights at Kingswood and take 2nd exit (Tadworth Street). Directions as from London above.

From Dorking: Take A25 east. At Betchworth roundabout turn left past Betchworth Station (Station Road/Pebblehill Road) and over level crossing. Continue up hill until cross over M25 then next left (Chequers Lane). Continue approx. 1 mile and The Chequers is on the right.

Route & Question Sheet

STARTERS 
All answers are visible from the front of the pub

1.	From this local, nothing but cheers, When the front of queue disappears.
2.	Chinese like to do it with 15 men; up to 6 at a time!
3.	I hear this Eastern European makes mistakes!

STAGE I 
Turn right from the pub. Turn left into Queen's Close. After 100m turn left through the gate, over the stile and turn right. Follow this path all the way down the hill. At the hedge line, climb over the stile and turn left. Turn right to reach the subway.

4.	Suitable security, given her proximity.
5.	Lawyer gets mixed up with bid for horse riding route.
6.	Soak the French. Make a point of it!

STAGE II 
Begins at the motorway subway. Follow the path all the way up the hill. At the track by the shed, turn left towards the farm. Stop at the 3 step stile.

7.	Italian with a large Greek island used to make unusual wall coverings.
8.
9.	Ling! Ling! Ling!
10.	These crop containers also appear When nothing moves in the soils here

STAGE III 
Go over the 3 step stile and carry on until a 3 way public footpath sign is reached. Take the path leading to Headley church. Carry on over 4 more stiles, past the Old Rectory, until the next track is reached.

11.	Thoroughly satisfies thirsty horses after holy disappearance.
12.	Where the royalties for "The Course Of My Life" have gone.
13.	Buddy and George in a formal get together.

STAGE IV
Turn left along the track to the main road. Turn right at the road. Turn right after the Cock Horse P.H. Follow the public footpath to St Mary's Church. Go through the double gates of the graveyard to the right of the church. (note: there are no inscription clues) Turn right and left to reach the swing gate on the far side.

14.	Reincarnation? Bad Karma! Slob comes back as a container of lard.
15.	Hooter checks can be arranged to suit thirsty motorists.
16.	Ring male offspring for the time of day.

STAGE V 
From the church take the path towards the woods. Climb over the stile at the track and turn left. Follow this track to the subway. (Ignore all graffiti in the subway!)

17.	Winces about referees first half Blatant obstructions by both sides.
18.	In jest I let you have the name, Of the obstacle all of you overcame.
19.	The apogee of shocking in France?

STAGE VI 
Follow the track from the subway. Turn left at the fork with the small concrete bollard and carry on up the hill towards the main road until another bollard is reached just before the road.

20.	Putting your lights on needs several.
21.	Sounds like it can leap as well as fall.
22.	Peter Pan's Wendy House?

STAGE VII 
Turn right at the road. Soon come to a junction where you turn left. Soon turn right along a footpath. Soon turn right along another path. This emerges at the junction of a road and a wide track. Turn right along the track and then turn left at the main road. Follow this back to Walton. Turn right at the crossroads into Chequers Lane. The stage ends at Queens Close. Carry on back to the Chequers.

23.	A horse threw a shoe jumping, I hear.
24.	S&L&S
25.	The bard yarn with two characters swapping places.

Answers

1. Chequers. CHEERS="CHEquERS" minus "qu"
2. Chequers. Chinese Chequers: a game for up to 6 players with 15 pieces.
3. Chequers. Czech errs.
4. "REGAL" burglar alarm at the start of Queens Close.
5. Bridleway. Anagram of "lawyer" and "bid".
6. Steeple. Steep=soak, le=the French
7. Concrete. Subway wall cladding material. Con=Italian with Crete=Greek island
8. Trough lying on its side.
9. TriCircle Padlock. Made in China. Has 3 rings in its logo.
10. 3 Silos. "Soils" with "o" moved.
11. Trough. "ThoROUGHly" minus "holy"
12. "TO THE HEATH" direction sign. Ted Heath’s autobiography.
13. Holly bush. Buddy Holly & George Bush.
14. Bollards at the main road. "BOLLARDS" = "SLOB" backwards with "LARD" inserted.
15. "The Cock Horse" P.H. Anagram of "hooter checks".
16. Sun Dial. Mounted above side entrance of St Marys church.
17. Wire fences beside path. "WIRE FENCES" = "WINCES" with "REFE" inserted.
18. Stile. Appears within "jeST I LEt".
19. "Lacme" electric fencing warning sign.
20. Pylons. Starting letters of phrase.
21. Water jump for horses.
22. Electrical enclosure with "no hooks" symbol.
23. Mid Surrey Pony Club sign with a horse jumping through a horseshoe.
24. Sandlands. Sandlands Grove road sign.
25. The Barnyard. Private road sign.