by Ellie » Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:42 pm
Cake in the clue was a reference to Kendal Mint Cake but the refreshing
part was I think more a reference to the drinking fountain than the Mint
Cake. I thought that the carving was a Celtic Knot design and after
trying several searches I eventually found that Kendal, Celtic and Design
in Flickr gave the disused drinking water fountain in Abbot Hall Park.
I could only find one clear picture on the Internet. This showed the
pattern on the front of the fountain which had the basic three strand
design but was not a perfect match with the picture in the clue. I did
find a reference to the fountain that said there were different designs on
each face so I was convinced it was the right place.
We parked in the Abbot Hall Car Park near one of the entrances to the
park. We then saw the obelisk of the fountain about 100 yards away.
We took a print-out of the Celtic Knot design in the clue with us, and
on approaching the obelisk we realised that the side facing us had the
identical design on it. There were a lot of potential hiding places including
the Christmas Tree behind it, but it was in the hole at the back which I
think may have been where the drainage pipe was once fitted as there is
what appears to be an open drain below it.