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Where is Simon D’cuk: Clues 2 and 3

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If you are following Simon’s epic journey here are the next two clues.

Clue 2:   After my rest I have flown southeast and am floating on a saintly river going north, the folks here could “Kissamee” but they’d be going south. I’m being vigilant keeping a look out for el lagatos. I am quite close to a town named peculiarly like you. Thank goodness sunscreen and Gatorade were invented nearby, as I am very hot and thirsty.

WHERE AM I?

 

Clue 3:  WHERE AM I (floating past)? My flag is spectacular. It has three castles one key and blue representing the GoM. My name is based on a Taino chief or maybe the Dutch word for harbour, who knows – you figure it out.

Please leave a guess in the comments….

 

Where in the world is Simon D’cuk – Clue 1

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Those of you who have read about Simon in a previous post and his quest to test my grandson,  here is the first clue.

Remember he flew from Perth to LA then onto Florida before joining me on the cruise ship the Seaourn Soujourn out of Fort Lauderdale.

Here is the first clue:

Dear J.

Although you may think I am still located at your abode, you will see that I have flown the coop. I will be sending you information about my whereabouts from time to time. I cannot divulge my locations, but will leave you clues so you can mark my progress. It’s been a long flight and for my first stop I am perched in a place named synonymously with measurements and the British Empire. If I look south I can see a great many “birds” and the location is “second” to none.

Where am I?

Simon D’cuk – Have wellies will travel

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Please let me introduce you to Simon D’cuk, one very English, wellington boot wearing, slightly dyslexic duck.

Simon normally lives at my step-grandson J’s house in the wilds of WA, or Wembley as it is otherwise known. (5 Kilometers out of the city – practically wilderness). It is near a lake so Simon is happy there.

I am about to embark on a South America cruise starting in Fort Lauderdale and finishing in Buenos Aires, with a five-hour stop in LAX just for fun on the way.  Yippee!   The d’cuk has decided he will fly over too.  So that he is not greatly missed from the kitchen bench, only his spirit is flying with me.

Here is the challenge if J wants to accept it, a bit like mission impossible.  At various points on the journey, Simon will land at suitable vantage spots and send weird and mysterious clues as to his whereabouts.  These locations will not necessarily be exactly the same as my itinerary.  He has already typed all the cards, (try doing that with webbed feet) and is ready and able to post them along the way.

It is J’s mission to decipher where Simon is.  This isn’t just for the satisfaction of solving the clues, there will be prizes, why else would a twelve-year-old boy do it.  As the cards go winging their way across the Pacific to Australia, I will post Simon’s clues for anyone who wants to try and beat J to the answer.  Good luck with that he is a brainiac.

Here is the route that I am taking, I can’t vouch for Simon, he is his own d’cuk.

The first clue will not be posted until 2nd November, so patience my friends, patience.