E: 29/07 Win £250 with Cash Hunt - HELP NEEDED

thingamaBob

For those still interested in trying, here's the July Cash Hunt.
Thanks to itsinthemail for the PM
Sorry about the size and quality of the picture but it's the best I could do. No longer able to do a simple copy and paste.
LINK to site

youknowme

Do you know what the answer was for June?

I have to say, I wouldn't even know where to start with this one!

itsinthemail

They haven't put June's solution up yet.
This one looks really tricky to me, but then they seem to have been the last couple of months

Marg2k8

They have changed the way that you log on to the site. In the past, you used to just put your email address. Now you need to set up a password. Still itching to find out what the answer to last times was, to see if we were on the right tracks.

Dearsmore

I was famously rubbish at this a while back Good luck all, but I honestly feel you have to get 'into the head' of the person giving the clues. There are so many options for each clue given.

lilias

Could the first clue be George Henry Borrow the 19th century author who wrote books about his travels?

itsinthemail

Dearsmore wrote: »

I was famously rubbish at this a while back

So was I and now I'm not even that good.


I agree George Borrow here but after that I have less than zilch.

reniannen

Oh my god, for the first time in ages I think I've got it :j I didn't want to spoil it in case others are working it out, so I've posted my workings and answer below in white - just highlight to see it (you'll need to hover over to see where the links are).

Thanks thingamabob for continuing to post these


I started with George Henry Borrow too. His home in later life was at a place called Oulton Broad. Using the numbers I tried googling this with the years 1904 - 1919 and found that a man called Mark Thurgur has written a history called Oulton Broad 1904 to 1919(souce)

When you is madeee and g is ov

I changed the letters in Thurgur to The Rover

A Piece to restore you is what you should see

There is a popular restoration comedy by Aphra Behn called The Rover

A lady you seek of mysterious past
But Why is the next step. The race that was last?

according to Aphra Behn's Wikipedia Article "Information regarding her, especially her early life, is scant, but she was almost certainly born in Wye, near Canterbury"

From the Wye article, the last race on Wye Racecourse took place on 2nd May 1974

Historian's Birthday we celebrate then,
And under the ground there you come to an end

Historian William Camden was born on 2nd May


Answer: Camden Catacombs

remember Only one submission per contestant each day is allowed

thingamaBob

That's fantastic!!!!!! I got as far as Oulton Broads but would never have got the rest. Well Done reniannen :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

Marg2k8

I too spent hours working it out and came to the same conclusion yesterday. I wasn't going to post that I had worked it out, not because I didn't want to share, but because I think that half the fun of this one is the working it out. Perhaps they have realised that they have made other recent ones too difficult. Mind you, I would never have got it, if it had not been for Google and Wikipedia.

itsinthemail

:T:T:TShe's got it, by george she's got it :T:T:T