Falklands blog for Monday April 22 2013
A holiday here for the Queen’s birthday. Would you you like to join us for a ‘Treasure Hunt’? More of a scramble around Stanley to photograph street signs from anagram clues and decide which of the local landmarks best suited the question sheet.
Some were easy – the ‘dark birds roosting’ were turkey vultures nesting in the trees around Government House. The Great War referred to the Cross of Sacrifice by the Cemetery, and not the memorial to the naval battle of the Falklands in WWI.
What was ‘The Holy of Holies’: the best we could think of was Stanley Golf Course – perhaps not the answer that was sought.
Berries, pebbles and feathers were gathered and ticked off the list. What did the Wizard of Oz mean?
The conversation in the car raised facts such as Dorothy, Toto, the Lion, the Tin Man, Ruby Slippers, The Emerald city, Kansas and even the Wicked Witch. No one had the courage to mention the Munchkins.
Ah ha – as this was a guides event, Rainbows appeared in our thoughts, not in the sky, but on the side of the guide hut. Our answer was where we had started on our quest.
A superb birthday card for ‘Mrs Queen’ made up of driftwood, shells, leaves and berries clinched the outcome. The ‘Billy Franchise’ had triumphed again (I was even forgiven by the rest of the team for foolishly giving away 1 point in my excitement). Chocolates all round after tea, cakes and medals. Time for us to go home and for the other box of chocolates to be taken to the hospital, but alas never to return from its visit to the ward.
Can ‘Billy and His Chums’ go on to higher things? Only the next instalment can reveal the answer.
