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invitation
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Not strictly to adventure this time, but such it is. It's actually the invitation to George Benstead's annual car rally, and reads:

GEORGE BENSTEAD
requests the pleasure of
________________
at his
ANNUAL CAR RALLY
starting from
HIGH PINES, EDDINGTON
August 21st

desktop
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A few Sixties motoring magazines, and a pile of invitations about to be sent out to rallying fiends.
Note that the top one is to a Wing Commander at RAF Hamelin, which was being closed down in the episode The Hour That Never Was, about two years before this episode.

Steed's invitation
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Too fuzzy to make out his address, I'm afraid - I'll see if the DVDs can give a better picture. Strangely, the address seem completely at odds with the "official" addresses of Cambridge Mews or Westminster Mews, except for the LONDON part.

rock cakes
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First thing in the post is a suspiciously heavy brown-paper wrapped box which Steed dismisses as rock cakes from his Auntie.
Given that "Auntie" is Ministry code for one's controller, it's quite possibly something else...

hand prints
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A bloody invitation arrives for Steed, the prints matching those that the dying Danvers left on the pillar. Click on the image at right to see a close-up.

racing simulator
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George Benstead's pride and joy is his Brand's Hatch simulator, complete with electrified-seat Formula Ford racing car (or is a Formula 1 of the day? I have no idea).
The technology to have a film linked to the controls and motion detectors would have been a bit unlikely in 1968, but we'll let it pass. I'm more worried about the incredibly simplistic controls for the device, it looks like a cheap set of kitchen scales.

rally sign
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Leading unsure rally enthusiasts to the starting point of High Pines, Eddington.

scrutineer
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Bates picks names from an old racing helmet before the event, in a room plastered with old number plates and a yellow Rolls Royce; and then sends them on their way dressed in blue serge and a bowler, waving a Union Jack.

Mithering
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CLUE ONE: The Vaults at Mithering.
You are now entering the sleepy village on Mithering, head for "The Vaults" for the first clue.

...and here we are, Mrs Peel is the first to wander around to the other side of the pub sign to read the chalked-up clue:
CLUE TWO: Swingingdale get a move on.

Here we are entering the sedate hamlet of Swingingdale. Look familiar? It should, the same village is used - renamed "Little Storping-in-the-Swuff" - in the episode Murdersville.

CLUE THREE: The village of Galding. Mr Smith's hammer.
Hidden inside the tailgate of a removals truck parked near the pub. Yet again found by Mrs Peel.

The dilapidated old forge in the village of Galding, hiding place for the next clue.

An array of sledge hammers bearing the legend of the next clue.
CLUE FOUR: Barrels of fun at Tree Tops Farm.

Tree Tops Farm, location of the last clue, is easily found by this sign.

A misleading barrel point the way, to other barrels but the clue is hidden inside the barrel of an old shotgun.
CLUE FIVE: Back at my place. What a shocking place to hide the treasure!

A chest containing sensitive government documents and a pile of cash (eagerly absconded with by Penelope Plain), plus a bottle of Champagne for the principals.