Nothing could be more
exciting than a night flight on Bill's plane! But Philip, Dinah,
Lucy-Ann and Jack soon find themselves flying straight into a truly
amazing adventure. What has happened to Bill? Who are the two
strange pilots, and what is the secret treasure hidden in the
lonely valley where the children land?
The Adventure Series by Enid Blyton, a prolific English children's
author, is a series of eight children's novels. As a child, these
were my favourites, and thought I'd let you enjoy a bit of
adventure too!
These books feature the same child characters: Philip, Jack, Dinah,
and Lucy-Ann, along with several adult characters. Jack's pet
cockatoo is also a standard feature in each novel, and the bird
always comes through with some raucous utterance that amuses
everyone or helps the children to evade danger.
The stories show the four children off on their own, discovering
and solving mysteries without much adult assistance. Although the
publication dates span a decade, Blyton reportedly wrote each of
the novels in less than a week.
This is a set of caches based on the 'Adventure' book series. Each
cache gives a clue and this is needed to find the final cache. You
don't need any info other than what you find in the caches. You do
not have to do the caches in any particular order, other than the
last one done last :)
Three caches are small, the rest are at least .75l, about an
sandwich sized tub. Some contain pens, some don't so make sure you
take a pencil and paper with you. The caches vary in difficulty.
Some caches will require a bit of hiking, so wellies and a level of
fitness is recommended. Not pushchair friendly!
This route has every part of adventure that I found in these
books... as a word or warning, I answered my phone while avoiding a
muddy bit, hung on to the wire fence, fell in anyway and have a
very sore two fingers and left arm! You need to keep your wits
about you!
Long trousers and gardening gloves are recommended as some caches
sites have nettles or brambles in the vicinity
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