Stage 7:
Junsele to Åsele (31 miles)

The shortest stage of the Broom Race sees our fearless competitors heading into Lapland towards Åsele. Åsele is another small town, with a population of just 1,800 that may be at lright partially explained by it's elevation (over 1,000 feet above sea level).

Avoid those behind catching you up by completing the following challenges.

Time Challenge: Use the clues provided to fill the remaining letters A-Z into the two grids. Note that "left" and "right" means any location left or right in the same row, and "above" and "below" means any location in the same column. Each letter appears once in each grid, and when completed, the letters in the shaded squares can be put together and rearranged to form a location from Harry's book 4 adventures. Gain 4 seconds for each correctly placed letter of the remaining 22 in each grid, and an additional 20 seconds for rearranging the shaded letters to correctly name the location.

Grid 1 Clues:
A is right of I: B is left of G
E is above Q: H is left of C
F is left of C and below S
I is below Z: J is right of X
L is left of G and above X
M is above P: O is right of Y
N is below D and left of C
Q is right of N and below G
R is above N: U is below V
S is above P and left of Y
T is below G: V is right of D
W is right of P
X is right of C and below V
Y is above C and left of G
Z is left of E and above C

 

Grid 2 Clues:
A is below M: C is right of O
B is left of Y and above S
D is left of O: F is right of X
E is above U and left of L
G is left of L: K is above D
H is above X and left of L
I is above C and right of Y
P is below B: Q is above J
M is right of V and above J
N is right of R and below L
R is below Y: V is above W
S is below G and left of O
U is below Y and left of W
W is right of O and below L
X is left of J and right of R
Z is left of Y

You can find a printer friendly version of this puzzle here

The answers can be located here.

 

Bonus time challenge: This one's nice and simple: crack the code and tell me the story for 120 bonus seconds!

"Hre kwah bemtev oynyps cyjmtv, Nwovekwth, htyea hw gyoo Rmttq Iwhhet, dfh ypahemv kmpmsea hw veahtwq rykaeob. Rmttq dezwkea bmkwfa! Crep re hftpa eoenep, re'a hwov re'a m cyjmtv, aw wbb re swea hw cyjmtv azrwwo. Cyhr rya btyepva, re vebemha Nwovekwth (rya vemhr rmv deep exmssetmhev) twfsroq wpze m qemt. Kempcryoe, Rmttq gyooa m dmayoyag, zoemta m kmp mzzfaev wb kftvet, cmhzrea m zomaakmhe vye, vyazwneta re rma m hmoeph bwt Ufyvvyhzr mpv itwnea rykaeob hre deah qwfps cyjmtv yp Eftwie. Re oemtpa hrmh yh'a eyhret ryk wt Nwovekwth; hre cwtov'a lfah pwh dys epwfsr bwt hrek dwhr..."

The answers can be located here.

Send your answers to by June 15th with the subject "ab123 - Broom Race Stage 7" (where ab123 is your student ID)