London Underground Treasure Hunt

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A little over a week ago, the bloke and I participated in the London Underground Treasure Hunt, run by London Premiere Tours. The treasure hunt was actually a gift that I received at the end of last year, and we booked to go along with another thirty or more groups. I will not spoil the fun and excitement, so I won't discuss the details or give anything away. There are basically clues that you can locate inside or just outside the London underground tube network, and photographs should be taken on cameras or mobiles as proof of visiting the relevant location. These were easy, but in case trivia/history/clues are not your area, there are also other tasks that you need to capture which seemed a little risque. 

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First of all, some of the photographs that you need to capture involve speaking to strangers. That's right. Speaking to strangers in unfriendly London and asking them to do something for you. These were some of the tasks that we had to complete, and I am a shy person, so I did not enjoy these tasks at all. Actually, I think I could have done this if it had been more than just me and the bloke in a group. 

Another complication to add some fun into the treasure hunt was avoiding "Agent Orange". There were a few of these random "Agent Orange" people about, waiting for us in the stations. They tried to catch us off guard and trick us, but we would not be so easily fooled. Ha-ha!

Despite some of the risque questions, we managed to do alright. We came 6th place. Apparently the numbers and the average score was unusually very high on the day that we went. We missed out on the best prizes, unfortunately. However, we did walk away with a couple of London souvenir pens, magnets, and  William+Kate souvenir tat. Some of the other gifts were London Underground merchandise too.

This was fun, but I think it would be even better in a small group (instead of just a group of two). Also, groups do have the advantage and you would also be more likely to have a non-shy team member ask strangers to participate in the different treasure hunt activities.

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