The Terreros Treasure Hunt (Part 3 - The End)

So, we find the train station and we need to find the date the building was built. Lucy and I got out of the car looking for the stone that had been laid somewhere with the date on it. It wasn't on the front, not at the gate, not in the floor. By this time we have been joined by several other groups and we are all now running around like demented chickens trying to succeed where others were failing - and failing ourselves.


Being Sunday afternoon the station was all closed up as there were no further trains and eventually we came across a security guard who was most helpful and gave us a date of 1889.


Now, ask yourself, would anyone from Group 4 Security, looking after a building in the UK know when it was built? No, so why would we really believe that a spanish security guard would be so interested in the building he was protecting to have taken the trouble to find out all about it, including when it was built - oh how he must have laughed when he told his colleagues over a beer that evening how gullible the english are!


No points again! (We did find out later that you needed to go into the station to find the date - it had been open when they had been going around setting the questions).


All back in the cars and Whacky Races style departures saw us all heading for a cove on the north side of Aguilas to try and find out who declared their love for each other in a shady glen on the 19th March 2005














Somehow, I was expecting some lovingly carved hearts, with their names entwined with intricately carved long stemmed roses,


Sadly I was to be disappointed, it seems the advent of the felt tip has led to the demise of this ancient art of wood carving.


We headed back to the car when we remembered we still had several items to collect - not a problem, the Aguilas Plaza shopping centre was about 5 minutes away and was still open, so while Neil & Lucy ran in to do a bit of shopping I took the opportunity to walk the dogs, who had been happily sleeping in the back of the car while we ran around like idiots. We were doing well though, we had only just passed 2 hours and had completed the questions, just needed a couple of photos and these last few items and we were done. We had already met up with the 1st car and they were over the 3 hour time limit and hadn't started back yet - so we knew at least one car would be getting a 6 point time penalty deduction - mind you, they did admit to spending more time in the bar than they should, so they seemed fairly unconcerned about the points deduction.


As we entered Terreros we had everything but a beer mat with a date on it. That's OK, we'll call in one of the bars on the way to the finish. We couldn't surprise them anymore than we had when Lucy jumped out of an almost moving car to take a photo of a man walking dog, or for that matter the man on a bike! (different men)


As I ran into the Montesol, it became apparent we weren't the first. I dived into the bar, a quick 'Hola', picked up a beer mat and headed out of the door when this little voice followed me out saying '.....there isn't a date on that......' 'There soon will be.....' was my response as I continued back to the car without breaking stride. Once back in the car, out came the biro and I neatly wrote on 21.9.2008 We now had a beer mat with a date on - see, initiative - and yes, we did get our 3 points.


So, back at the finish (and yet another bar) Lucy & Neil got the drinks in and checked the sheets to make sure we had answered everything, collected everything and had photos of everything.

















And how did we do?

Well, we didn't get the booby prize for least points but neither did we win, we were mid table. Points ranged from 60-86 and we got 76. But we'd had a brilliant afternoon, seen parts of Aguilas never seen before and learnt a little about the place and of course, will we ever forget the spanish for eagle? Somehow, I think not.