2025 Treasure Hunt

This year the theme of our Treasure Hunt is ‘Places of Learning’.

You have been randomly divided up into teams of mixed experience members with at least one ride leader per team. It's an opportunity to get to know club members that you wouldn't usually ride with, so introduce yourselves.

Your task is to unscramble the letters in the names of the venues or work out the cryptic clues, each of which will reveal the name of a place where you might learn something. To help there is also a photo.  

Plan a route to visit as many as possible but you are definitely not expected to visit all 11 destinations!  Six to eight would be a maximum target. NB: the clues aren't in the right order.

Solve the clues, rearrange the order and plan the optimum route so that you use as few main roads as possible,  Remember that points will be deducted if you use too many A roads.

Ride at a pace so as to keep the whole team together and, because the teams are mixed, your ride leader will monitor how everyone is doing and adjust the pace and distance accordingly.  Communication is key!

Take a team photo before setting off and include the names of your team members so we know who's in each team and post it to the main club Facebook page. You have been given a team number. Make sure to include that in every photo. Outside each venue take another photo to include all team members (minus one so it doesn’t have to be a selfie). You don't have to go into the venue. A photo by the sign outside will do just fine but you might want to stand in front of part of it so as not to give too much away to other teams!  

You are allowed to use your search engine of choice to help decipher the clues if you need to.

Feel free to have a refreshment stop on the way round but remember...  All your team members must be back at the Cricketers by 12:00. If you are late a point will be deducted for each minute you’re late – so don’t be late!  

The winning team will be the one that has accumulated the most points.

Keep an eye on the weather forecast and dress, hydrate and snack appropriately.

Remember it’s not a race and above all... BE SAFE !!!

Good luck

Velo et Gateaux

Contact number for HQ should you need it is 07787 916795