Skirting Reigate s Outskirts Sunday 6th May 2018 Assemble 2.00pm for a 2.15pm Start The Black Horse, 93 West Street, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9JZ

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1 Roger & Joyce present Skirting Reigate s Outskirts Sunday 6th May 2018 Assemble 2.00pm for a 2.15pm Start The Black Horse, 93 West Street, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9JZ The Walk: Just 2.8 miles (4.5km) long, mostly on footpaths and quiet backstreets, this walk takes in a pleasant area in the lee of the North Downs we haven t explored in quite a while. No stiles. Some gradients in the first half but not steep. Not ideal for buggies in a couple of places but passable. The Venue: Pub was taken over by the White Brasserie Company last summer and judging by our personal experience the food is now very good. Sunday roast costs around 15/ 16. BOOK EARLY for a restaurant meal. Wide-ranging bar menu also available. Real ale includes Sharps Doombar. Child friendly and dog friendly. If car park full, park in nearby Flanchford Road. Tel or visit their website at OS Grid Reference: TQ Directions: (From Reigate town centre) Head west on A25 towards Dorking. After about 0.7 miles pub is on the left just before turning into Flanchford Road. (From intersection of A24 and A25 at Dorking) Head east on A25 towards Reigate. After about 4.7 miles pub is on the right at junction of West Street and Flanchford Road.. Public Transport: No buses stop close to the pub on Sunday. Nearest station is Reigate, just under a mile away. For an inexpensive cab service ring Roadrunners on or Belfry cars on

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3 Roger and Joyce present Skirting Reigate s Outskirts The Black Horse, 93 West Street Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9JZ Sunday 6th May, 2018 at 2.15pm Distance: 2.8 miles Time Allowed: 4 hours PHOTO COMPETITION REMINDER-KEEP TAKING THOSE 2018 QUIZWALKING SNAPS 20 BOOK TOKEN FOR BEST PHOTO UP FOR GRABS! NO HOUSE NAMES KIDS CLUES are in bold at start of each stage but answers could be anywhere on the stage KIDS I SPY Write down all the words/things you see anywhere on this quizwalk containing the letter S (No plurals or house names) Starter Clues Q1 Q1 Q2 Q3 Not on the horse s hoof today. Draw me the one that got away. Nightmare on board? Misnomer almost complete. Little grown to eat. Once a tax avoidance play It doesn t save a penny today. Stage 1 (No answers on underlined section) Leaving pub cross main road and turn right along West Street. Continue to Public Footpath on left beside telegraph pole DP 188. Left up this footpath. Continue all the way until reaching Public Footpath disc on wooden half barrier. Q2 Q4 Q5 Q6 For sure this bod Is Mr Plod. Did its welcome cause This burst of applause? Attractive kitchen design? Equipped like Thatcher, that s for sure. And on the right side of the law.

4 Stage 2 Ahead on roadway. Soon cross above railway and keep ahead, passing Manor Road on right. Proceed some way until reaching a fork in road denoted by The Clears. Q3 Q7 Struck by a jolt From a lightning bolt? Design aligns With traffic on lines. Q8 On 29/2 just a thought Do all precautions come to naught? Q9 Supporting singers trait Is failure to aspirate. Stage 3 Keep left along The Clears. At junction ignore Colley Way on right and continue along The Clears. On reaching two-way pointer post at next junction keep round to right, still on The Clears. Proceed to Public Footpath sign atop metal pole on left. Q4 Q10 Q11 Look for Farleigh that s the clue. Will postman Pat come into view? Where a steel arch is found But not at Wembley s ground. Starting out with a chippy surely was wrong. This pad s upper section is much more strong. Q12 Type of music that will play At the home of Theresa May? Stage 4 Follow Public Footpath round to right. After passing Whitings on left keep ahead until metal gate marked Footpath bars the way. Ahead on gentle uphill climb. Eventually pass bicycle disc on left and reach track at right angles. Q5 Q13 Q14 Two wheels here that s very plain. What is missing is called a _ Voting that Has fallen flat? Done with ease With skeleton keys? Stage 5 Left. Stay on main track until reaching four way pointer post. Left here down Public Bridleway. End stage at post on right with Public Byway discs round it. Q6 Q15 Q16 At the pointer post please say: To what does the acorn point the way? In my beginning is my end, Setting a peripatetic trend. Copiously found On poisoned ground?

5 Stage 6 Ahead. At roadway straight on. After passing under bridge end stage at Gas plate on right just past The Old Manor. Q7 Q17 Q18 Q19 It s a camera that you see Along with the letters Not in formation, but solo found.and where it hurriedly came to ground? Technical description seems plain wrong. Surely suspended all way along. Q20 From the heart given. And easily taken? Stage 7 Stay on this road. End stage on reaching main road at right angles. Q8 Q21 Q22 As a foot-piece wide and thick. For climbing over it does the trick. Putting on front as if to state: Making fun of Henry Eight. Arrivals that over-compensate After a very longish wait? Stage 8 (All answers on nearside of road) Left. Stay on pavement until reaching red pillar box opposite pub. Q9 Q23 Q24 Q25 Two seen here just shuffling along. The words below explain what s wrong. Utter defeatism. Throwback to Aboriginal times? Dora, perhaps? She could well be Atop the academic tree. Spare Clue (in same area as starting questions) Q26 Record-keeper not playing by the book, But said to be acting like a crook?

6 Roger and Joyce present Answers Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20 Q21 Q22 Q23 Q24 Q25 Q26 Skirting Reigate s Outskirts The Black Horse, 93 West Street, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9JZ Sunday 6th May, 2018 at 2.15pm Distance: 2.8 miles Time Allowed: 4 hours Image of black horse on board pub sign outside pub. Veg Table on trough holding mainly flowers outside pub. Bricked-up windows at left side of pub. INN-OVATION on cover on wall of building on right. G-RANGE STYLE on metal tag on boarded fence. Woman with handbag standing on right of policeman on Neighbourhood Watch notice. Signal (anagram of aligns ) at side of railway line. Workplace Safety 365 on sign in Network Rail enclosure. Corus (c.f. C- h-orus) - on lamppost on right. The Clears (anagram of steel arch ) name of road. House with wooden-walled lower section and hard-walled upper section at junction with Colley Lane. 10 on garage at bottom of garden on right. Level crossing on sign at house called Whitings. Master lock on padlock on gate on right. Circular Walk on circular plate on four-way pointer post. Ground-hugging ivy to left and right of track. Red arrow on Public Byway disc. Ditch to left of roadway beside SES Water compound. This is bridge ELR-RSJ structure Clifton s Bridge on plate at bridge. 5 ( gi-v-en and the saying Take Five) on speed limit sign on telegraph pole. Mock tudor house fronts on either side of roadway. A-bus on two padlocks on Grit container. Never wonne ne never shall on heraldry image on Colley Manor Drive name-plate. Boomerang-shaped curve - on bend sign. New Road Layout A-head (anagram of road and school head slant) on road sign. Clark-Steel on manhole in pavement in front of pub. Young Walkers Answers Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Horseshoe on pub sign. Policeman on Neighbourhood Watch notice. Prostrate figure beneath electric bolt on Danger of Death sign at transformer compound. Wooden post-box housing outside house called Farleigh. Chain missing from cycle image on disc attached to post. North Downs Way on wooden pointer post with acorn symbol. CCTV on camera sign at SES Water compound. Makeshift stile with long foot-piece formed by large, thick plank in fence on right. Elderly man and woman on Disabled People road sign at road verge. Scoring: Ten points for each correct answer given to questions 1 to 9 above. I spy question - one point for each valid word, up to a maximum of 40 words.

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