Valentine’s Mansion and Gardens Before lockdown City Adventurers were able to visit this gorgeous grade II* listed country house. Built in around 1696, it was the home of Elizabeth Tillotson and her family, after the death of her husband, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Originally it stood in open countryside, several miles from the edge of London. Now… More Valentines Mansion, Gardens and Online Mystery Game
An Online Escape Adventure without leaving the sofa Escape From Home offer online adventures to play on your computer. We tried out two of three free games currently available. Each page contains a puzzle to solve to take you to then next page. If you enter an answer that is incorrect, you can go back… More Escape From Home Online Adventures
In the summer we visited The National Trust’s Snowshill Manor and Garden in Gloucestershire. Everywhere you look there are treasures to be found. This is the former home of eclectic collector, architect Charles Wade. He bought the property in 1919 and filled it with hundreds of objects. Explore the house and discover a vast collection,… More Treasure Seeking at Snowshill Manor and Garden
The City Adventurers have experience of hunting down double agents, (Plan 52, Breaking The Law ) so we were excited to be asked to help MI6. Our assistance was needed to trace a double agent before they fled the country. This time our base of command would be an MI6 surveillance van, where we would have all… More City Adventurers try to save the country….again.
Our group played A New Year’s Revelation to welcome in the New Year A New Year’s Revelation Plot The action for this murder mystery takes place just after the First World War. There had been a gathering in 1918 to celebrate the end of the war and to mark the safe return of the Richman family.… More A New Year’s Revelation
It took longer than the City Adventurers were expecting to make our way to Hatfield. A lot of country roads through Essex were flooded and, after driving through numerous “new fords” that weren’t supposed to be there, we found a lot of roads ahead had been closed by the police. Undaunted we headed out to… More Who Saw Someone Killing Santa Claus?
One Friday evening we gathered at Chancery Lane Tube Station to join Vic Norman on one of his Dragon and Flagon London Pub Tours. Dragons mark the borders of the square mile of the City of London and give part of the name of this tour. The other half of the name – Flagon – is the… More Dragon and Flagon London Pub Tours
This first appeared on Solve The Murder – https://solvethemurder.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/murder-at-the-manor/ We were invited to Heathcliff Manor, where Lord Heathcliff was hosting a dinner party to celebrate his recent marriage. But before anyone could toast his happiness, Lord Heathcliff was killed with the candlestick in the pool room. This was Murder at the Manor and we had to… More The Heathcliff Manor Murder
Teddy Bears Picnic At this “Teddy Bears Picnic” things are not as innocent as they seem! On Saturday night our team of investigators stepped back in time to to play the ITM Games murder mystery dinner party “Teddy Bears Picnic”. We entered the 1980’s world of big business, big shoulders and fluffy toys…….. The plot… More A Deadly Teddy Bears Picnic
12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt When we found out the National Portrait Gallery is to close in 2020 for three years, we decided we’d better stage our 12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt one more time. The 12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt at The National Portrait Gallery on Friday 27th December 2019 at 1pm The 12… More National Portrait Gallery Christmas Treasure Hunt