No one found this guy

Aftermath

"Is Soy an element?"

And they're off...

Shouldn't you be racing, or bothering passers-by or something?

Well, since you stopped by I should probably tell you that while an Ent is not an animal, a ewe, a gnat and an elk are.

Good luck.

Final preparations

Fast Forward Box

As promised, here's what you'll be looking for - Good luck

You ought to be ashamed of yourselves

The time spent figuring out who this woman is could have been far better spent building up your fitness and wits. But you never know, it may come in handy...

Forward Thinking

A brief word of explanation for those of you unfamiliar with both our version of the race and the TV show of the same name:

You will, at some point in the race, be issued with a clue to the location of the Fast Forward. The first team to locate the box containing the Fast Forward (picture to follow) will find in it a slip of paper directing them to the end point of the race. That team, and that team only, may skip the remainder of the race and proceed directly to the end point, though their time of arrival will remain subject to any time penalties they have accumulated to that point. The fast forwarded team should retain the slip of paper but return the box to its original location. The Fast Forwarded Team should also inform an organiser that they have been Fast Forwarded.

Second and subsequent teams discovering the Fast Forward will find only an empty box and will no doubt be cruelly disappointed. Those teams must continue with the race as normal.

The helping hand has limited application to the fast forward. You may use it either to receive a very vague and unhelpful hint to decoding its location, or to ask an organiser whether, to that organiser's knowledge, the Fast Forward has already been taken. Using your Helping Hand in either of these ways means it is gone and substitutes for its use to receive the solution to a normal clue.