Solution - March 09 - Clue 1

A big thanks to everyone who took part in the treasure hunt last month and helped to make it such a great success..

Well done to everyone who came close and better luck next time. You don’t have to wait long to try again because there’s a new hunt beginning every month.

And just to put your mind at rest here’s the full solution to the March 09 treasure hunt.

The lines from the original clue are in bold and the explanations are underneath.

Visit the town where Demeter hit ground,
‘Demeter’ is the name of a ship that runs aground in Whitby in the story of ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker.

The stone that can fly in these parts can be found.
The town of Whitby if famous for its production of ‘Whitby Jet’.

A flowery place where they sought it inland,
Whitby Jet has been mined inland as far as Rosedale, a valley located in the center of the North York Moors national park.

Will lead to an abbey where one doesn't stand.
Rosedale Abbey is a village located in the valley of Rosedale. A Cistercian Priory of the same name once stood on the site but it is now a ruin.

Now 7 and 7 and 6 and 13,
Taking the 7th, 7th, 6th and 13th letters of Rosedale Abbey gives us the word ‘Llay’.

The church in the meadow a-traveling has been.
Llay is a welsh village in the county of Wrexham. It’s Welsh meaning is ‘meadow’. There is a church in Llay named ‘The Church of St Martin of Tours’.

But where did the organ originally sit?
The organ in St Martins Church was formerly in the Corn Hall at Diss in Norfolk.

The room named the river will bridge home to it.
There is a room in the Corn Hall called the ‘Waveney Room’. Waveney is the name of a river which borders Norfolk and Suffolk. There is a bridge which crosses over the River Waveney which is called ‘Homersfield Bridge’

Where are you?

Homersfield Bridge

See the solution to the second part of the clue