Christmas Common
The rebus shows Father CHRISTMAS and a map of Wimbledon COMMON [REB20].
The fact that you have now found the foxhunt should indicate that you have reached the final village, although, of course, you may not have yet visited all the places on the route. And we are now back at the first Hunt, in 1985, when the treasure was buried at this very place.
Wilbur Mills was the US senator whose distinguished career came to an end after he was found drunk in a car with an Argentine stripper called Fanne Foxe [CC1]. Sam Roberts was the leader of a gang of criminals called The Hounds who preyed on immigrants during the California gold rush � ejecting the unsuccessful and robbing the rest [CC2].
The Quentin Blake picture of a fox is part of the cover of The Incredible Mr Fox by Roald Dahl, whose parents were from NORWAY [CC3].
The child�s mother bears a striking resemblance to former Page 3 girl Samantha Fox (not Sophie Dahl) [CC4].
Helen
Parr is also known as Elastigirl in the film The Incredibles. Her voice was supplied by HOLLY HUNTER [CC5].
The
whipper-in is Charles James Fox, the Whig politician and the first Foreign
Secretary. In hunting circles the fox is always referred to as �Charlie�
after him [CC6]. In 1791 Fox was given the freedom of the city of YORK [CC7] � see
YPO4
is Yttrium Phosphate, which is found in the mineral called XENOTIME [CC8].
Passwords and Directions
(a) NORWAY to get to Greenfield
(b) HOLLY HUNTER to get to Watlington
(c) YORK to get to Northend
(d) XENOTIME to discover one half of the treasure clue (see later for a
description of this)
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