When I did a little research I started to realise what an extraordinary landmark had been created here. Referring to the work of more than 1,000 comedians and comedy writers, the carpet gives visual form to jokes, songs and catchphrases dating from the early days of variety to the present. Now the special bit. At first sight, the Comedy Carpet looks as if the text is painted. In fact, each of the 160,000 letters is made of 30mm solid granite cast into high-quality concrete panels at a cost of £2.6 million pounds ! Each slab is a work of art in itself; multiplied by 320, it takes the project to an altogether different level. The engraved letters vary in size from a few centimetres, to almost a metre in height, so the piece can be seen nearby and also from a height - at the top of Blackpool Tower, but unless you plan to use binoculars I suggest you solve this puzzle on the ground !
When I last visited the Comedy Carpet it reminded me of some iconic characters from British Comedy. The last 10 that sprang to mind were Stan Butler, Lister, Alan Partridge, Holly (my favourite episode was Queeg) and Brenda Furlong. Then came Mrs Brown, Compo, Ada Shufflebotham, Captain Mainwaring and finally the sketch containing Antony & Cleopatra.
After all this hard work I wandered off for a short stroll chuckling quietly to myself until I decided to rest and enjoy a perfect sunset. Here I hid the cache. Can you solve the puzzle and find it ?
Congratulations !! to the following Clever Cloggs'
1st to Find Original : Chuffbert
2nd to Find Original : andi1975 and djandyuk
1st to Find New Cache : Brookomatic and Dawes Scorpio