The winners of this year’s Frome Festival Treasure Hunt were recently awarded their prizes by newly appointed festival Co-Chair Andy Jones.
The winners are Carol Holt and Elaine Lavender, who won a Silver Long Heart Pendant designed by local goldsmith Annette Gabbedey and presented by Andy Jones on behalf of the festival board.
The Treasure Hunt has been a much-loved staple of Frome Festival since its inception in 2001. It raises funds to help support the festival and gives participants the opportunity to explore hidden parts of the town, whether they are longstanding residents or new to Frome.
Carol Holt said, “It was nice finding bits of Frome you didn’t know existed and we had to go a bit further than the centre. I appreciated that it followed this year’s fabric theme.”
Gavin Rea, who has created the Treasure Hunt for the past few years, said, “There were eight fully correct answers received with a large number of very near misses and the winning entry was drawn from a hat. A lot of people came a bit unstuck on clue 22 – right location, but the answer I wanted was glow-worms.”
Carol Holt said that she would not have got that question right had she not gone to Julian Hight’s ‘Frome Heritage Tree Walk’ covering Millennium Park earlier that week as part of Frome Festival. As a Treasure Hunt regular she also noticed something during last year’s search that helped.
Both winners agreed that they’d had “great fun doing it”, with plenty of tea stops along the way.
Annette Gabbedey Goldsmiths has sponsored the Treasure Hunt from the outset and sees this as a way of giving back to the community.
This year Annette is celebrating her 35th year in business and additionally sponsored the Bob Morris Lecture at the Merlin Theatre featuring professor Kate Williams. “I am very grateful for Frome,” said Annette. “Carol and Elaine are looking forward to sharing the prize necklace.”
Newly appointed Co-Chair Andy Jones, the former Mayor of Frome was recently welcomed into the leadership role alongside Lockhart Murdoch.
Answers to the Treasure Hunt can be found on the Frome Festival website. www.frome-festival-treasure-hunt/
