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The Triangle

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16
A2
A9
A3
A10
A4
A11
A5
A12
A6
A13
A7
A14
A8
A15
A1
A16
A1
A10
A2
A11
A3
A12
A4
A13
A5
A14
A6
A15
A7
A16
A8
A9
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8
1 point                                
C1 C2 C3 C4
2
points
               
D1 D2
4
points
       
E1 
8
points
   
16
points
 

All the items designated A1-A16, B1-B8, C1-C4, D1-D2 and E1 are locations at Longfield. Visiting locations A1 and A2 will give two halves of a clue to the location of B1. Visiting locations B1 and B2 will give two halves of a clue to the location of C1 ... D1 and D2 will give the location of E1.

Each "A" location will also give a full clue to the location of two other "A" locations.

You correctly visit a location by writing the half-clue in the box provided. Correctly visiting each "A" location will score 1 point; "B" 2 points; "C" 4 points; "D" 8 points and "E" 16 points. Thus, visiting all locations will score 80 points.

At the final location, E1, there will be a full clue to the location of the treasure. First home with the treasure scores a bonus of 20 points.

Clues resolve to a location number which is a grid square on a supplied map (and for those with a GPS a Latitude and Longitude).

Here's an example of a board at the location of A1.

The "8" is the first half of the location number of B1. The "37" gives the full location number of A2 (see table above); and "62" the full location number of A9.

 

Here's an example of a board at the location of A2.

The "7" is the second half of the location number of B1. The "24" gives the full location number of A3 (see table above); and "75" the full location number of A10.

 

The full location number of B1 is therefore 87.

At the start, each of the 16 competitors (8 pairs + 8 individuals) will receive the location number of one of the A clues e.g. A1 = 27, a printed treasure map (see a reduced sample here) and a table of 99 location numbers. Here's an example of the location numbers table:

Location
Number
Grid Square
1 K09(W)
2 B17(NE)
...  
87 C12
...  
99 F30
The treasure map contains a grid.

The grid is denoted A to L - horizontally, and 01 to 35 vertically. Each grid square denotes an area roughly 6 metres by 6 metres.

In the example above, location 87 is at grid square C12. In C12 you will find a clue which will point to the first half of location number of C1.

Some of the grid squares will qualify a particular part of the square. Location 1 is K09(W) and means the western half of grid square K09. Correspondingly, B17(NE) means the north eastern quarter of grid square B17 i.e. an area roughly 3 metres by 3 metres.

The boards at each location will have different colours.

Here's an example of a board at location C3. The "8" is the first half of the clue to location D2.