John Cooper Quiz Walks
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Robert & Sue's Handicap Quiz Walk.
The Compasses Inn, Gomshall, Surrey.
Distance: 2.75 miles
HANDICAP WALK QUESTIONS & DIRECTIONS
Starter Clues
All answers are visible from the main entrance to the pub and are on the front of the pub.
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| Q 1 | You're going to complete a circular route? |
| As well as a pencil, then these may well suit |
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| Q 2 | A melodic group you must seek out |
| Consider then, Sparks - the odd ones out |
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| Q 3 | Unhealthy lifestyle selected |
| I make organs infected |
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| Spare A | Seems strange in his society |
| To welcome the feline variety |
Stage 1
Go right along main road, past the pub car park, then right over bridge, with Gomshall Mill car park to your right.
Follow road to railway bridge on left at road junction, where stage ends.
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| Q 4 | If painted dark blue |
| Then a vehicle for... who? |
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| Q 5 | Where little girls could ride all day |
| But never on the bridleway... |
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| Q 6 | ...and bikes may cycle round |
| Until one's home is found |
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| Spare B | Go, Senor - gee, |
| You caused such hostility |
Stage 2
Go under bridge then turn left onto bridleway after 20 yards, passing farm and house on right. Keep to LH path. At end
bear slightly right then straight ahead, keep following this lane until it turns to the right (Southbrooks Farmhouse),
where stage ends.
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| Q 7 | Light blues here you'll sight |
| But these ten ain't so bright |
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| Q 8 | See the surroundings fry |
| If the ___________ ran dry |
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| Q 9 | A key birthday toast |
| And address for pigeon post? |
Stage 3
After turning right, continue along this straight road for some way, very gradually uphill, and eventually follow it
round to left. Stage ends just before a subsequent turn to the right (Oak House).
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| Q 10 | Olde English alliteration |
| I'll need an alternative translation |
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| Q 11 | Angling for a rural view? |
| I wouldn't face that way, would you? |
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| Q 12 | This sounds suspiciously |
| Like the Lilliput CID |
Stage 4
Follow the lane as it goes round to the right, becoming just a track. Continue ahead for some way, ignoring turn-offs,
until you reach more houses. After passing the first of these, turn right down bridleway between gardens. Keep ahead,
passing an open field on right, again ignoring turn-offs. Continue into wood, and eventually to main road, where stage
ends.
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| Q 13 | For fifty years and seventy-five days |
| Old cricket fans have accorded him praise |
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| Q 14 | Typical youthful recreation |
| Extra spare with its nifty gyration |
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| Q 15 | You've made it through the woods OK |
| Now branches lie in disarray |
Stage 5
Cross road (careful), turn right and follow LH side of road down to junction by Give Way sign. Follow the lane as it
continues ahead (use RH side of road: there is a slightly raised pathway on right for a short while).
When this pathway peters out keep ahead, but there are now no clues/answers for approx 150-200 yards as lane is
narrow and the cars sometimes zoom along here.
Stage 5 resumes by turning right along footpath opposite Burrows Lea Farm. Follow this path, ignoring the
turn-off on left, until it opens out into a Y-junction, where stage ends.
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| Q 16 | Observing pint-pots subtly inverted |
| You'll see how service may be alerted |
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| Q 17 | Do not get caught |
| On Raleigh's transport |
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| Q 18 | Bull is on the rampage no more |
| Thanks to eclectic toreador |
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| Q 19 | 2 x [H + e9] |
Stage 6
Bear right at Y-junction and follow path to bridge over railway line. Cross bridge and continue into built-up area,
then follow lane as it bears round to right. Stage ends at the next junction (by Monks House).
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| Q 20 | Here we've both bridge and chemin de fer |
| Is this the casino where they might occur? |
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| Q 21 | Place of learning where pressure is high? |
| But not in this case - attachment shows why |
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| Q 22 | Some simple maths to end this stage |
| With quotient barely of voting age |
Stage 7
Turn sharp left and follow this road (Queen Street) down to the A25. Here turn right, keep on RH side of road and
you're soon back at the pub.
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| Q 23 | Black and gold, it may be what you strive - |
| Try staying in bed between one and five! |
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| Q 24 | Get wisdom in advancing years |
| (Six more till his telegram appears) |
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| Q 25 | The light that congregation's getting |
| Is seen here in a humbler setting |
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