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Looks like The ST techie team is still in bed this morning.
The link https:/
The answers to last week's effort are 1. Spires and Steeples Trail and 2. Bolingbroke Castle.
First name out of the Fautley Fedora is Mike Crowson of Telford. Well done him!
Looks like it's a hike for me to the next village's paper shop to get this week's copy - still it is a bit warmer than of late if a just a tad dull.
Enjoy!
The link https:/
The answers to last week's effort are 1. Spires and Steeples Trail and 2. Bolingbroke Castle.
First name out of the Fautley Fedora is Mike Crowson of Telford. Well done him!
Looks like it's a hike for me to the next village's paper shop to get this week's copy - still it is a bit warmer than of late if a just a tad dull.
Enjoy!
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If, like me, you still find the "link" still pointing to last week's puzzle and you don't have today's newspaper - here is a copy of the relevant details:-
The gatehouse is the most impressive part of this ruined castle. In the 15th century, it belonged to a poet's son, five time Speaker of the House of Commons and sometime chief butler of the country.
Walking south, I cross the river and soon reach a battlefield. Here one October 27th, more than 25,000 men fought for three hours or so. A second, earlier battle was fought two miles south-southwest - this time by almost 30,000.
Returning north, I retrieve the jalopy and continue my journey. Thus, in heading south, I pass through the town on whose outskirts the battles were fought. A former rector of the town was the first graduate ("the class of 1642") of a famous university, founded in 1636. Two miles southeast, I stumble across something about which I had quite forgotten. Dating from 1941, it was regularly in the news. That particular story started in 1981 and what a colourful place it was. First yellow, then turquoise, blue, orange, green, red and more. Now it's all history.
Next I head five miles southwest to an 18th century country house. It was refaced during the 19th century by an architect who was knighted in 1852 and is the ancestral home of a well-known family (motto: one I will serve). Its earldom was created in 1793; the best known of the earls was born here in 1866.
I, though, make my way a mile southeast, where I take the steep climb to the top of an 856ft hill. Said earl was buried here, having died overseas in 1923 and it is the site of an Iron Age hillfort. The earl, I might add, was associated with something every bit as ancient.
Questions:
Who was the poet's son?
What is the name of the town?
The prize = A trip to Disneyland Paris!
The gatehouse is the most impressive part of this ruined castle. In the 15th century, it belonged to a poet's son, five time Speaker of the House of Commons and sometime chief butler of the country.
Walking south, I cross the river and soon reach a battlefield. Here one October 27th, more than 25,000 men fought for three hours or so. A second, earlier battle was fought two miles south-southwest - this time by almost 30,000.
Returning north, I retrieve the jalopy and continue my journey. Thus, in heading south, I pass through the town on whose outskirts the battles were fought. A former rector of the town was the first graduate ("the class of 1642") of a famous university, founded in 1636. Two miles southeast, I stumble across something about which I had quite forgotten. Dating from 1941, it was regularly in the news. That particular story started in 1981 and what a colourful place it was. First yellow, then turquoise, blue, orange, green, red and more. Now it's all history.
Next I head five miles southwest to an 18th century country house. It was refaced during the 19th century by an architect who was knighted in 1852 and is the ancestral home of a well-known family (motto: one I will serve). Its earldom was created in 1793; the best known of the earls was born here in 1866.
I, though, make my way a mile southeast, where I take the steep climb to the top of an 856ft hill. Said earl was buried here, having died overseas in 1923 and it is the site of an Iron Age hillfort. The earl, I might add, was associated with something every bit as ancient.
Questions:
Who was the poet's son?
What is the name of the town?
The prize = A trip to Disneyland Paris!
Puzzle now completed but have to wait for link to be fixed to submit answers. (Hopefully - tomorrow?).
Although not answers to the quiz last week I thought the following locations might have been those that featured:-
1st Abbey = Barlings, 2nd Abbey = Bardney, 3rd Abbey = Revesby and Priory Earthworks = Stixwould
Anyone get anything different?
Although not answers to the quiz last week I thought the following locations might have been those that featured:-
1st Abbey = Barlings, 2nd Abbey = Bardney, 3rd Abbey = Revesby and Priory Earthworks = Stixwould
Anyone get anything different?
Thanks for the puzzle text, Flonska, website still not updated. You can already enter here though!: https:/
Got the same abbeys and earthworks last week
Got the same abbeys and earthworks last week
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