St Malo – Amboise
Clue locations:- Combourg, Bouloire, Chateau Renault
Hotel: Logis – Amboise
The ‘competition’ started at the Royal Yacht, the cars contending with the French Market opposite, so the line up looked more like a car auction than a car rally!. For those who had already found Chip’s first clue (which was hidden in the registration pack!) Were donned with Black Crowns, some better the others admittedly! I obviously didn’t watch Blue Peter the day they made crowns!
Chip always likes to keep us entertained on the boat! This year he came up with a ‘cheat proof’ Word Search..to find 70 Trees! Some still managed a reason to Google to further their ‘tree knowledge!’ I do feel very sorry for Heidi who had to score our work – She looked slightly cross eyed by the end and probably doesn’t want to see a tree name ever again!
We arrive en France! The first clue was close to St Malo at Combourg – After a lot of wafting around, people started to get the idea of the Clue,(What time is it in SW1) (We did) We found Big Ben, however even though my Driver Alan is excellent at Driving a Lamborghini, he can’t tell the time – our answer was 12:25 – the actual answer 5:00pm! Close but not enough!
Clue two was cancelled so Alan and I took the Lamboghini out on the open road avoiding motorways and Le Mans – Had a stunning drive which took us to Clue 3 at Bouloire where we needed refreshments (aka a beer for me!) and walked straight into the Clue! Fantastic off we go!
Final Clue of the day in Chateaux Renault – totally confused everyone, Alan and I certainly didn’t get it right, but hey we can’t tell the time so there is no hope!
We arrived at Mosnes to a fantastic hotel, some of our fellow drivers had frowns on their faces with disappointment of their days school boy errors! But After a drink, lovely supper discussing antics of the day, soon all forgotten, because another day tomorrow!