{"id":7120,"date":"2013-10-01T11:58:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T16:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2013-10-01T12:01:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T17:01:34","slug":"winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7120","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the winner of my<\/h1>\n

2014 A Shadow in the Past wall calendar!<\/h1>\n

\"a<\/a>Isn’t it beautiful? Every month has a different full colour photograph (taken by moi) of something “A Shadow in the Past<\/strong><\/span>“.<\/p>\n

How well do you think you did at guessing the various locations where Sarah Shand turned up each day?<\/p>\n

Day 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At The Caledonian Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at High Cliff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
On the Jacobite train at the Glenfinnan Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
On the platform in Mallaig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at Myrtle Bank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At Balvenie Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at Fernbank House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At Dunnideer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at Earlsfield Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
Waiting at the Insch train station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At the entrance to the Old Kirkyard in Kennethmont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
With the Pictish stones at the Rhynie cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
At the stone circle at Earlsfield Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 8 (we didn’t play on Day 7 as it was my launch at the Rannes Hall in Kennethmont)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At The Empress of India Restaurant in Kelso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at Duncan House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At the Cross Butts Stable Restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at Beechwood Guesthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At The Bell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at The Old Forge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At The Bell Hotel in Tewkesbury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I thought having the map beside the book was a dead giveaway in this one but apparently that wasn’t always the case.<\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At Wetherspoons in Harrogate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at Fountains Guest House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At Bolton Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
At Smiths Hotel in Gretna Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at Barrasgate House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
At Caerlaverock Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
At Sweetheart Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at Tigh-An-Struan Guest House in Largs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seeking<\/a>
In our room at the Holiday Inn at Glasgow Airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So how did you do? Get all of them right? Some of them right? None of them right?<\/p>\n

It’s been a close race – neck and neck right down to the wire between two participants. It was really difficult to say who would finish with the most correct answers. But in the end, one emerged victorious.<\/p>\n

And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for… the winner is… Grace!<\/p>\n

Congratulations Grace. Please contact me via email at melanie@melanierobertson-king.com<\/a> to arrange having your prize delivered.<\/p>\n

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Congratulations to the winner of my 2014 A Shadow in the Past wall calendar! Isn’t it beautiful? Every month has a different full colour photograph (taken by moi) of something “A Shadow in the Past“. How well do you think you did at guessing the various locations where Sarah Shand turned up each day? 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