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E: 21/03 Win a week for 14 in a Loire manor house

Etch
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edited 18 March 2018 at 6:13PM in Game over
Sunday Times Where Was I? competition

The prize:

The winner and up to 13 guests will enjoy a week, self-catering, at the Manoir Coteaux — a beautifully restored country house with an adjoining cottage near Doue-la-Fontaine, in the Loire Valley. Set in a leafy garden with terraces, a pergola and a pool, it has seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a wealth of period details. It's one of the many high-quality rental properties in Pure France's portfolio, from chateaux to contemporary beach houses.

The prize includes return ferry crossings for a car and up to four passengers with Brittany Ferries, which sails from Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth to Brittany and Normandy.

The prize must be taken in the periods June 2-30 or September 1-8, 2018, or June 2019, subject to availability. The prize is offered subject to the winner completing a standard rental contract with the property owner, and providing a refundable security bond of €750. For details, visit purefrance.com/booking?property=49021

Bookings run from 4pm on Saturday to 10am the following Saturday.


Questions

1 What is the name of the first town?

Answer: Great Missenden

2 What is the name of the ancient earthwork?

Answer: Cholesbury Camp


The letters for the second answer come from:
Hughenden Manor
Notley Abbey
Great Missenden
Roald Dahl
Berkhamsted
Graham Greene
Pinkie Brown
Colleoni
Thomas Becket

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  • Alex_Winters
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    The winner and up to 13 guests will enjoy a week, self-catering, at the Manoir Coteaux — a beautifully restored country house with an adjoining cottage near Dou!-la-Fontaine, in the Loire Valley. Set in a leafy garden with terraces, a pergola and a pool, it has seven bedrooms,seven bathrooms and a wealth of period details. It’s one of the many high-quality rental properties in Pure France’s portfolio, from chateaux to contemporary beach houses.

    The prize includes return ferry crossings for a car and up to four passengers.
    What is the name of the first town? Great Missenden
    What is the name of the ancient earthwork? Cholesbury Camp
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