The first task was to collect various clues along a circular route
through Richmond and Petersham. Start and end point was The Old Ship pub
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Church court and St. Mary Magdalene church. A war memorial. |
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Barbara Hofland's memorial on the church wall held the first clue, "The Son of a Genius". |
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Parts of the church walls are covered in flint. |
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This sign was a clue in the description of the route. |
The teams had to turn right into an alleyway called The Vineyard Passage here. |
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Along Vineyard Passage is an old burial ground, which is now a public open space. |
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The left of these two gravestones held another clue. |
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Old phone box and weeping willow (tree clue) |
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The names of three almshouses along this street were the next clues. |
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This picture was a clue to finding the correct church. |
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St Elizabeth of Portugal |
The teams had to find the country in the name of the church. |
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Cardigan Mansions |
The Vineyard eventually meets Hill Rise which then turns into Richmond Hill, where several clues had to be found, like the date on this building. |
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A map of Terrace Gardens, one of the gates was another clue. |
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View down into Terrace Gardens. A quick visit to the fountain was next. |
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From the fish back to Betty. |
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The Rosemary in front of rosemary bush. |
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After a visit to Betty, they had to go back up to the path above. |
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Back up the stairs and further along Richmond Hill, another clue. |
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At the top of the hill they reached the famous view across the Thames. |
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Here there are several boards with lots of information and several clues had to be found on them. |
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The route goes down the hill now, towards the river. |
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After crossing the main road, the teams had to find this inscription. |
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After crossing a field with cattle and a path through hedges they arrived at the little church of St. Peter in Petersham. |
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George Vancouver is buried here and his grave held two more clues. |
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A rose next to his grave. |
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Homer's grave next to Vancouver's. |
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St. Peter and the gate with keys. |
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Another clue: the local plant shop and restaurant, popular with the rich folks of London. |
If you want to buy a rusty old chair for £400, this is the place to come to. |
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The old lock-up next to the Fox and Duck pub in Petersham. |
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More information next to the Lock Up. |
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One of the former gate houses of Ham House. |
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The teams passed the gate on the right. |
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Walking towards the German School's gate. |
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By the gate they had to turn right. |
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The route followed the fence of the German School all the way to the river. |
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.....walk along the fence.... |
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.....cross this bridge.... |
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These three trees had to be identified. They are named Three Sisters, and they are plane trees. |
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Looking towards Ham House along the towpath. The teams had to walk in the opposite direction, towards Richmond. |
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Entrance to a small woodland, framed by big horse chestnut trees. |
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At this bench you had to look up to your left to identify another impressive tree. |
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This caused a lot of confusion. It is a cedar tree. |
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The towpath goes along the field with cattle, with a good view of the Star and Garter Home. |
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Stein's Bavarian beer garden. Item 01 on the menu, Bratwurst from Nuremburg/Nürnberg. |
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Next big tree to identify is a copper beech. |
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In the garden of the Gaucho (South American cowboy) is this champion plane tree. |
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When they reached this restaurant, they turned away from the river and walked up Water Lane, and the pub is just around the corner from its top end. |
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Above the door of the pub, another clue. |
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The clock on the old town hall, which they had to find in the afternoon. |
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The squirrels on the All Bar One building was the other clue needed in the afternoon. |
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The squirrels are on the wall of All Bar One.... |
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...as is this old vine, and the number 1840 was needed to get the secret code. |
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