ROOKLEY RUN-AROUND REPORT -- 2nd JULY 2005
Well what a change in the
weather from last yearıs event at Northwood. As if cue at 6 oıclock the sun
came out and blessed us with a fine evening overlooking the ponds and greenery
of Rookley Country Park. Pet and I set up shop for sorting out the mad fools
endeavouring to find their way around on this rather pleasant route , taking in
some lovely rural scenery.
The planning of these quiz walks starts rather early in the year by searching the OS leisure map of the Island for a suitable place to hold the event. Here is a list of places we have used in the past:- Niton, Carisbrooke(2), Wootton, Binstead(2), Bembridge(2), Brading, Gurnard, Brighstone, Nettlestone, Shanklin, Totland, Yarmouth, St Helens, Bonchurch and Northwood .
There
are three criteria for choosing a venue they are:-
1.
Facilities at start and
finish.
2.
Safety of route chosen.
3.
A good selection of
house names and objects for clue setting.
4.
I
think all three were met at Rookley, plus, the weather and scenery made it
perfect.
The
only let down is the type of competitors it attracts (donıt read anything into
this Sue)! I sometimes think
Peteıs logic and devious clue
settings are a little hard to unravel. But at the end of the evening all clues
set were answered by at least one team , which shows the balance was just
right.
Comments
about the map were few. But one was made by Peteıs daughter, Queen Ellen, who
was not amused by Dadıs map and at one time was found wandering in the
direction of The Chequers pub. I ask myself, was this intentional on her part?
I
hope you all enjoyed yourselves and we look forward to seeing you all next
year.
N.B. on
the nigh the Totland Tearaways were awarded third awarded 3rd place.
But The Corkheads had taken their clue sheet home and, when checked, they had
1.5 more points (Sorry Sue and Glyn).
REORT
BY A COMPETITOR
A beautiful sunset that was nice and warm considering the time we finished. Our team, The Elvis Do Ducks started at 7 oıclock, but got stuck on Clue No 1. This was mainly due to a chatty Brian (my granddad!) pointing us in the wrong direction to a lifebuoy post and it was around the corner. I got No 2 straight away as I thought ³ linked with diamonds Aha! Davidıs Stores.²
Dad
then started to wander off course and ended up at the Chequers Inn. This, I
think, was done on purpose. But all the clues were fine and we had a good,
enjoyable evening. C.U. next time!
Melanie
Ould (Age 11)