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Tulleys Farm Maize Maze
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The Tulleys Farm Maize Maze is one of the most challenging mazes around. Regrown each year with a different theme, it doesn't just require the adventurer to complete the maze, but in order to truly finish you must collect 10 different stamps along the course of the maze. This years theme was the wild west, and duly stepping up to the plate were expert maze navigators McCarthy and Witham, joined by Bert Lloyd and Robert Jones |
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| Witham took to the task like an experienced maze navigator, using McCarthy's Victorian car horn incase of separation inside the maze | Bert had also thought ahead, bringing an umbrella incase of poor weather |
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| McCarthy had bought a thermos flask of tea, which turned out to be quite foolish as it is a diuretic and thus would increase his need to pass urine | This was a warm up maze, and proved worryingly tricky |
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| Jones had soon found his way to the first stamp | Berts umbrella was looking like a shrewd idea, as it is put to immediate use |
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| This Mexican chap was delightful | The maize maze as seen from a platform |
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| This portaloo was an extremely handy addition to the maze, and Jones was soon taking advantage | Another view of the massive maze |
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| Jones stands like a proud patriot | The rain had eased off, allowing Bert to take his brolly down |
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| We were slowly making our way around the maize maze | Bert and Jones, complete with his brown flag, like the look of this Indian |
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| Witham was taking advantage of the refreshment area by checking out these children | Jones was soon making a mess out of a chocolate ice cream |
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| McCarthy comes onto a native American | U-S-A |
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| Another side of the maize maze | Somebody had obviously become disgusted with the challenge, and thrown down their stamp collection sheet, denoting just how hard the maze was |
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| Witham and Jones pause for a moment to get their bearings, and wonder how exactly they would get to this stamp station. McCarthys suggestion of jumping off the bridge was deemed unacceptable | Bert and Witham pose with this happy camper |
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| These flowers inside the maze were a nice touch | It was surprising that it took McCarthy this long before realising he was able to stamp his own head |
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| We have found the exit to the maze, with one problem - we don't have all the stamps. Do we leave with a collection sheet uncompleted, or go back and find stamp 7? | We decide to go back and find it |
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| Jones decides to set off by himself to get to number 7 | He is soon heading back though, as it is not in this unchartered area |
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| Stamp station number 7 is soon find, with Witham looking delighted | McCarthy raises his thermos flag of tea in joy |
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| The final station was Jumpin Julie, possibly named after Julie Jones | Bert is delighted that this monumental task is finished |
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| U-S-A | The day couldn't finish in a better fashion, with Jones looking delighted at this goat having climbed a platform |
