We have put together a 'treasure hunt' around the village
- take up the challenge and you will have a very pleasant walk, and as
well, you could enjoy some Christmas entertainment, shop for presents,
and other Christmas items.
All the answers can be found by looking around from the
pavement - there is no need to enter any premises to get the answer to
a clue. Though of course we hope that you do so to benefit from Quorn's
many businesses.
To encourage you to take up the challenge, there are three
prizes to be won. So send in your answers to Joan at Flowers by Sarah
by 23rd December.
Please make sure your answers are legible, and include your
name, address and telephone number.
Only ONE entry per household.
The winners will be the first three correct set of answers
drawn at random on January 10th. Winners will be notified individually,
and a list of winners will be posted in Flowers by Sarah's notice board.
1. The centre of the village, where four roads meet
- this is where you start to move your feet. Where am I?
2. Look around; look for green on cream - the home of
"The Quorndon". What is the name of the shop?
3. A choice of four - follow the road that once was
a highwayman route. If their horses could have made it, eventually
they would have got to London. The road is?
4. Reflection past, opposite builders aloft, you will
find traditional Christmas delights. 'Naughty but nice' the slogan
goes. Find the name of the company that serves the whole area.
5. A short step from your start and across a babbling
brook, a new enterprise you will find. Culinary delights await you
inside these doors.
6. What is the name of the enterprise?
7. Keep following in the steps of the highwayman, and
from canvas to brick, this summer has seen a transformation from earlier
years. Here you can have a ball. Where am I?
8. A bit further along, the smell of a tree, polished
iron and old curiosities beckon you in. 20 years old this year but
celebrating their craft for years to come. What old fashioned word
described this place?
9. Stride out but do not stop at the brink. The waters
come and go but never reach this particular wood. At lunch time, the
one o'clock blast calls you up this road for a union over dinner.
But what colour is the union?
10. Retrace your steps past closed roads. A famous cartoon
cat can be found here. What is his name?
11. Unlike Dick Whittington, you now turn your back
on London and return to your childhood, take this path to nostalgia,
and find the road along which the huntsmen had to bend under the trees,
and look for the fruity house. What is its name?
12. Turn again towards your starting point and pass
the September fairground. The memorial is bare at this time of year.
But who is it for?
13. Just past the fairground between 12.00 and 2.00,
a traditional smell fills your nostrils. Nearby you will find the
look-alike of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but what we want to know is
what you can see behind the counter of this place. Should it be done
in batter?
14. Keep going on, and a shop with two names (at least
so the locals know) is your next port of call. From 'The Thunderer'
to the staff of life - it's behind the door. But how much will you
pay to push them open, even though delivery is free?
15. On the other side of the path, you will find the
answer to the next clue. Hearth and estate are covered here, but not
all the time. When could you not get in?
16. Keep moving down the platform for this clue. No
longer do they sell a penny black, but modern equivalents and much
more, it's always worth going in to explore. If asked they can repeat
and repeat and repeat, but at what price?
17. Keep the local 'bank' on your left and move further
along the platform. Look for the village cottage - most welcome after
late nights at work. But what sort of welcomes will you get from here?
18. A mere step or two beyond and look up and around
and a running fox along a ridge can be found from here. Clotted cream,
within and without. But the fox is not alone, who is he with?
19. Follow the path to the altar and beyond, and look
for the entrance to a seat of learning. You have left one fox behind,
but in a few steps will face another fox. Around here you can find
the earliest time when you can get to yet another x, but this time
it's to their home. What is that time?
20. This road leads to the home of a former CAT, now
a seat of athletic leaning. Now go past the village's seat of learning
and enter the spicy road. Where does this road lead?
21. Not far and you will find dinner at a fort (follow
this road and across the road) taking you to a famous Woody Allen
movie (at least in parts). The distaff side has been replaced by Tom.
What is the full name of this place and the movie?
22. With the last clue on our left, look ahead, this
road is now a dead end, but march towards the new barricades. Where
roads meet, take the first turn, and just keep moving along and look
for a connection to a casino. Opposite here, you will find the answer
to the question how many light up the sky?
23. With your back to the last clue, turn right and
move to the flashing lights. Look at 2 0'clock, and here another colour
can be found. But what letter has been posted in the bottom right?
24. You have three choices at the flashing lights. The
one you want takes you to the site of a pre school, where the subject
of Die Tannenbaum can be found in great array at this time of year.
But what number would you call?
25. If you went onwards from this pre-school you would
soon get to the site of new road works, taking you to champagne country.
But your route for today is opposite this. Look for direction to a
village under the roof. And then look for your next turning that takes
you a major castle in the Midlands.
26. Following this road, you pass a road dedicated to
Canterbury. What is its name?
27. Move ahead, you don't have time to wait around,
there are still paths to travel and it's a fair step to the next answer.
Go right, go left, and right again, but keep on the main. Eventually
you get to where you would have heard the sound of leather on willow.
But what is the name of small wood you can see from here?
28. A small track faces you. Named after a famous Widdicombe
Fair character, this track takes you to a road named after a Black
and Decker product. Right on for all those DIY jobs. Soon you will
find an old trade remembered. But what trade was this?
29. Time to go on, follow the signs for a gathering
held here for many years and turn back to the heart of the village.
As you go look for another old trade remembered here at a convivial
place. But what is this trade?
30. Following the road of the gathering, listen carefully
and you may hear the sound of a babbling brook that will lead you
to your next clue. Out of sight, until you cross this garden wall,
the brook runs for ever while memories live on here. Pause a while,
admire, but spare a thought for those not here to enjoy the festivities.
Quorn has many awards - what can you see here?
31. A while ago you would have reached the champagne
country from this road. Step back in that direction. But pause as
you start on the road, and look for this building that is partly Tim,
the Harry Enfield character. But this places has two names. What are
they?
32. You should now be back on your starting line and
surrounded by a clutch of clues.
33. Not the traditional red with four wheels but stripes
you can see. Home to Chianti and 'little ears' wheat. What is the
flag depicted here?
34. Yet another Chianti home is not far away. A traditional
title, and a boy's name is what you are looking for. Shuttered for
part of the day - what colour are these window covers?
35. Spin around and around to find the next clue. Its
name gives a location of a home, but it is not quite accurate, though
here you can make a wonderful home. What is the name we want?
36. Not far to look now, Quorn is a great place to live
and here you could find your bijoux residence. What is the number
you would ring?
37. Just a short step near a bull to answer this one.
Why is the place named after a flight (French)? Not an answer we can
supply, but you can tell us when they open on Saturdays.
38. Three more clues to get. Keep moving those weary
feet, perhaps a designed name is what you need from here when your
arms are too short. What are the two services you will find here?
39. Small and private, and shut on Mondays. Here your
Barnett can be guaranteed privacy. Great professional products are
used here. What are they?
40. And that is your lot, except for one. Go back to
the starting line and look for the 1000 year old sign. We owe grateful
thanks to a team for their efforts. Who are they?
