"Shalford 2 - The Seahorse"

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1 Geoff Hunt and Alan Reeves present "Shalford 2 - The Seahorse" The Seahorse 52 The Street, Shalford, Surrey GU4 8BU Sunday 20th May, 2.15 p.m. The Walk: An easy-going 3.2 mile walk with short gentle climbs. No stiles. No unavoidable deep mud or puddles but best bring boots if it's been raining. The Venue: The Seahorse is a large pub eatery just north of Shalford village. It was rebuilt in 1710 and became a pub perhaps 50 years later. There is bar and restaurant dining with a varied menu and Sunday roasts. It is open from am to pm on Sundays. Food can be ordered from noon until 9 pm. The pub is child friendly and has an extensive side garden. See for full details, or tel: The pub has a main and an overflow car park but there is parking in East Shalford Lane 30 yds away. OS Grid Reference: TQ Directions: The Seahorse, 54 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8BU From Guildford on the A281: Passing St Mary's church on the right, the Seahorse is just around the bend on the right. From Shere on the A248: Continue through Shalford to the roundabout and turn right. Carry on for 600 yards and the Seahorse is on the left.

2 Public Transport: Train: Shalford station is 600 yds away and on the GWR service from Guildford to Redhill. See National Rail Enquiries The service is roughly hourly until late evening. The Redhill trains arrive xx:17. The Guildford trains arrive xx:36. Buses: 2 buses pass the Seahorse. See Traveline The 32 Guildford to Dorking bus service is 2 hourly but ends after 6 pm. The 53 Guildford to Ewhurst bus service is hourly and ends around 11 pm.

3 Shalford 2 - The Seahorse - Map of Route

4 Geoff Hunt and Alan Reeves present "Shalford 2 - The Seahorse" The Seahorse 52 The Street, Shalford, Surrey GU4 8BU Sunday 20th May, 2.15 p.m. Distance: 3.2 miles Time allowed: 4 hours Starter Clues The answers are all within the front courtyard area. 1 Requires mending? Oh, ok. 2 So she ate her hash here. 3 Baby lion appears to have ingested a sort of pencil. Spare A Plant yourself here on a nice sunny day! Stage yards Turn left from the pub. Turn left at the Public Bridleway sign where the stage starts. Soon turn right downhill. The clues end after 300 yards where the path meets the water works car park. Continue through the water works and along the path to a brick bridge where the stage ends. 4 Stylish little Kenneth s birds? What cowards they are. 5 Daisy and Ermintrude, if you please, scratching their elbows and scraping their knees. 6 Place of worship mixes English and Scottish traditions? Stage yards Continue along the path to the park, follow the left hand edge of the field and turn left through the gates. Continue over a small footbridge to the canal. Turn left to the canal bridge. 7 Not quite all there after sinus trouble returns? 8 Wild waders flood a wet marsh. 9 A notorious Calais camp, which here sounds somewhat damp. Spare B Guy's first interest was arboriculture? Stage yards Cross the canal bridge and follow the towpath with the canal on your left. Continue to a small concrete 'N T' post by a bridge over a lock. 10 Returning the better part of nine thousand quid.

5 11 Silver Shadow? 12 The place for doing glam rock & roll? 13 Elusive river dweller appears to be 'feeling awkward'. Stage yards Continue along the footpath to the railway bridge over the canal. 14 The canal users worry about winder rage here. 15 Are Vince and family an aerial menace? Stage yards Continue under the bridges and after 150 yards turn right up onto an old railway embankment. Follow this path to the road bridge over the path. 16 Clearly not 'jerry built'. 17 The end for many a drag racer - but not on this sort of track. 18 Financial pond-life are innately stylish? It's in the small print. Stage yards Continue ahead under the road bridge. At the canal bridge turn left down to the towpath and continue with the canal on your right to the road bridge over the canal. 19 But why tell us Go on foot if there s public transport? 20 Kite gassing - unfortunately a common sight in the countryside. 21 Klingon reported in charge of a masonic star ship? Stage yards Cross the road and turn right. After 150 yards follow the footpath left for Guildford & Shalford. Continue past the Mobile Home Park to a bridge over the railway where the stage & walk ends. 22 Radically environmentalist on the face of it, but seems to have the Midas touch. 23 LA shoppers move into a home. 24 Keep safe from the likes of Marx. 25 A sign that Ciaran doesn't feel safe here? Continue over the bridge for 650 yards until the path bends right back to the Seahorse.

6 Shalford 2 - The Seahorse - Young Walkers' Questions The stage details are the same as given in the League Walkers question sheet. Start 1 Who can you ride the surf with? 2 Where can you see CBBC? There on TV. Stage 1 3 Sounds like they are living by the sea. 4 Who is having a picnic here? Stage 2 5 Loch Ness, Fife Ness - which 'ness' is here. 6 Where might Aquaman meet Tarzan? Stage 3 7 Guaranteed to curl the most stubborn hair. 8 Where is the nut that grows into a tree? Stage 4 9 What is not deep? Stage 5 10 pipe + pipe + pipe / water 11 How many of these boxes were there? 12 Have the phones here been disconnected? Stage 6 13 Where can you walk on a railway line? 14 Grazing animals - which ones? Stage 7 15 This tree's in a breeze! 16 Fords? There are couple parked here.

7 Shalford 2 - The Seahorse - League Walk Answers 1 Broken hook by the main door. Anagram "Oh OK". 2 The Seahorse. Anagram "So she ate her". 3 "Chubb" alarm. Cub + HB 4 "Chickens" at Beech House - Chic Ken's. 5 "Grazing Animals" on gate. 6 "CHIRK" on drain lid - Church & Kirk merged. 7 "UniS" + "Guildford borough scholars trail" sign - sinus backwards and truncated. 8 "Shalford water meadows" title on sign (anagram) 9 "Watery Jungle" title on sign 10 Stone post with "P.B.G 1868". Or 8,681 GBP backwards. 11 Vertical roller by towpath. 12 "Godalming" on "Godalming Navigation" finger post. Anagram "doing Glam". 13 Fishing sign with a "fish out of water" motif under "The National Trust" sign. 14 "Danger Weir" sign. Anagram "winder rage". 15 "Danger Overhead Cables" sign. Refers to Lib Dem leader. 16 Sign "...this World War II pillbox was one of over 5,000 built in the early 1940's..." 17 "1/4 mile" sign by railway track. 1/4 mile is the normal drag race length. 18 "...the banks are natural habitat areas..." text on sign. 19 "Railway Line Walk" on "River Wey Navigations" sign. 20 Kissing gate by canal (anagram). 21 Sign "Stonebridge Wharf". Refers to Star Trek Next Generation character 'Worf'. 22 Clock with dark green face and gold hands. 23 House name "Loppers Ash" (anagram). 24 Alarm "Capital Security Systems". It is Marx's 200th anniversary. 25 "CIA" alarm - shows a running man underneath CIA text. A... B...

8 Shalford 2 - The Seahorse - Young Walkers' Answers 1 'The Seahorse'. 2 The TV cameras with 'CCHUBB' logo. 3 'Beech House'. 4 Sign 'Grazing Animals' on gate by field. 5 'Watery Jungle' text on sign. 6 'Shalford wilderness' on sign. 7 Vertical roller by canal. 8 Oak & acorn motif on the National Trust sign. 9 St Catherines Lock sign "The shallowest lock on the Wey". 10 Bridge with 3 pipes over canal. 11 Sign '...this World War II pillbox was one of over 5,000 built in the early 1940's...' 12 Old telegraph/telephone pole - disused 13 'Railway Line Walk' sign. 14 Sign "Grazing area" with goat, cow, and pig at a kissing gate. 15 Sign 'Windy Willow' by the bridge. 16 Finger post for 'Guildford' and 'Shalford'.

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