Route Card 1
Beware of the Animals

TC1A @ On a White road just off a Yellow road (954 335)
TC1B @ ? (963 308)

duck (under the cableway), bear Right, GL34, E, dog-leg Right, TurnRight, N9534, MissLeft, Right at T, Right at T, MissLeft, duck (under the cableway), Left at T, TurnLeft, Right at T (narrow road - don't hog it), Right at T, TurnLeft, bends! (no horse play), Right at T, MissRight, S, P, Left at T, MissLeft, MissLeft, Right at T, 250 metres, steer Right (onto umarked track), Right at T (after 50 metres on unmarked track), E9734, StraightOn at X roads (don't be chicken), W>Y, SH138, Y>W, MissLeft, TurnLeft, HairpinRight, RD?, ram the gate then continue along footpath, RD, MissRight, past houses (quiet as a mouse), bear left at T, no fishing, oh deer, Right at T, boaring stretch of road (straightish), GL31, Stop at A road. 
Were you sheepish with no cock-ups?

Catch a teleporter to take you from TC1B to TC2A.

Answer the following Route Checks
1) First GL(34)  2) Nearest SH(138)  3) LETTERS(ESP)  4) Last GL(31)  5) N(9534)  6) ETL(0)  7) W>Y (1) 8) E(9734)  9) Y>W(1)  10) Red Diamonds(1/2).

One or two Red Diamonds was allowed depending upon where you thought the hairpin was situated.

Route Card 2

TC2A @ Spot Height 55 in Kilometre Square 6102, depart ENE
TC2B @ W631 096

via the following herringbones:

The orientation of the letters in the title matched the orientation of the in-order herringbone segments.
The first herringbone was correct since the first "junction" is not a junction since you start on a no through road. Sneaky but deliberate.
Yes, the WWW's were deliberately a pig to count!

SH83(1), Y>W(1), ETL(1), Warren Barn, SH66(2), 63, Y>W(2), WWW(1), WWW(2), SH71(3), Y>W(3), WWW(3), SH66(4), SH95(5), SH114(6), E6798?, E6799?, Y>W(4), (Not SH106 - Gate), WWW(4), WWW(5), WWW(6), "67", WWW(7), WWW(8), SH83(7), ETL(2), Y>W(5), SH84(8), Y>W(6), WWW(9), Y>W(7), SH77(9), SH55(10), SH57(11), ETL(3), ETL(4), RD(1), RD(2), ETL(5), RD(3), RD(4), RD?(5), RD(6), Y>W(8), WWW(10), WWW(11), SH64(12), Y>W(9), WWW(12), WWW(13), WWW(14), WWW(15), SH71, W6012, ETL(6), SH94, Y>W(10), B4011, Oakley, Y>W(11), SH77, SH71, Y>W(12), WWW(16), "Catsbrain",  WWW(17), WWW(18), WWW(19), WWW(20), WWW(21), WWW(22), ETL(7), WWW(23), WWW(24), 

Link to TC3A via Spot Heights 59, 71 and 64.

Answer the following Route Checks
1) Y>W(12)  2) W(6012)  3) E(6798/6799)  4) ETL(7)  5) SH4(66)  6) SH12(64)  7) Red Diamonds(5/6)  8) "Catsbrain"(Yes)  9) "67"(Yes)  10) WWW(24).

Route Card 3
Boxes of Tulips

TC3A @ SH84 in 6808, depart NE
TC3B @ SH74 in 7710, approach SW

via the following 64 schematic tulips. Start at one of the outer diagrams, then move horizontally and vertically until you have visited each square. The sequence number of a few junctions are shown to help(?) you.

Here's the correctly numbered sequence of tulips.

<(1), B4011, Y>W(1), W>Y, Ch+(1), Ch+(2), Not Courthouse, Easington, GL11(1), SH71, Y>W(2), SH128, N7212,  >(2), Y>W(3), GL11?, GL11?, SH67, GL11(2), Chearsley, Y>W(4), Y>W(5), GN7, GN7?, GN7?, SH66, Y>W(6), A418, S7107, RRY(1), R>Y, RRY(2), SH85, SH89, RRY(3), GN4, GN7, SH91, GL11(3), Ch+(3), Y>W(7), Y>W(8), RRY(4), A418, RRY(5), SH108, RRY(6), R>Y, Y>W(9), GL11(4), GL11(5), GL11(6), GL11(7), GL11(8), Dinton, Y>W(10), RRY(7), A418, SH94, RRY(8), GN5, GN7, RRY(9), R>Y, SH84, Y>W(11), Townsend, Y>W(12)

Answer the following Route Checks
1) N(7212)  2) S(7107)  3) ^(2)  4) GL11(8/10)  5) GN(74757)  6) "Townsend"(Yes)  7) Ch+(3)  8) RRY(9)  9) "Courthouse"(No)  10) Y>W(12).

Route Card 4
Hidden Departures 1

TC4A @ SH74 in 7710, depart ENE
TC4B @ Bridge in 7599, approach NE

One of your fellow competitors - Alan Edwards - could provide more initial help than most on this route card - but don't contact him, he doesn't know that yet.

Proceed via the following junction departures:

4-7/20-2  34-9/37-1/43-3  43-1/46-1/20-4  60-6  58-9/14-6  30-3  73-5/52-7/29-7  58-5/38-4/33-7 
This referenced names on the entry list. The first digit was the competition number, the second digit the letter number, so: 4-7 = Mike Biss, 20-2 = Peter Stockwell, giving a direction of SE. The full sequence was SE SSE SSE S SW N WSW WNW.

1919232323142314142319195232319
Unpunctuated numbered letters of the alphabet: N=14, E=5, W=23, S=19 giving a sequence of SSW W WNW NNW SSE W W S.

10111100111011110011100111011110110011101100111011110101
Unpunctuated binary numbered letters of the alphabet: (N=1110, E=101, W=10111, S=10011, giving a sequence of WSW SSW ESE SE NE.

I still have flashbacks and dreams about those prefatory days.
The flashbacks can arrive at any time without consideration for my safety or peace of mind. What triggers them, I cannot say. I have been crossing the road, turning a steering wheel, showering, even making love, when a slight pressure inside my head announces a flow of memories is on its way. They come as a trickle - a brief opening of a tap - and show in real-time, a few seconds of my normally inaccessible life. There is no pain and thankfully only a short lapse in concentration while I separate the past and present. I have now grown used to, and can handle, such ad-hoc intrusions in my new life.
When the manifestations of memories come in a dream, the trickle develops into an uncontrollable flood, and I am swamped with minutes or hours of personal history. When I wake, I am exhausted and emotionally confused, but I have learnt to deal with that too.
The recollections have become repetitive and unstimulating, and rarely do I glean any new fragments of information. I have wondered recently whether my perceived decline in images is real, or just my mind automatically discarding redundant material.
(Opening extract from Panglossian by Ray Crowther. ISBN 0-954-11101-X)

The text was in Times Roman font, except for the direction letters which were in Arial font. The combined letters in each sentence gave a sequence of: NE SSE ESE SW SSE S WNW WNW W NNE NNE SW.

GN8, Bishopstone, T, Clanking, GL07(1), YOO(1), SH109, YOO(2), YOO(3), GL07(2), SH86, GN8, GN0, H, GL07(3), L, Y>W(1), A4129, SH78, ETL(1), R>Y, "Black", GL07(4), GL07(5), ChS, Y>W(2), GL07(6), GL07(7), A4129, SH68, R>W, Towersey, Y>W(3), W>Y, ETL(2), SH109, YOO(4), B4009, ETL(3), YOO?(NTR - this junction was erroneously included in the navigation, so may be counted for RC2), YOO(5), O>Y, Y>W(4), ETL(4), SH179, "Icknield", SH175, SH181, SH225, Y>W(5), W>Y, >(1), Y>W(6)

Answer the following Route Checks
1) Y>W(6)  2) YOO(5/6)  3) ^(1)  4) LETTERS(THL)  5) GL07(7)  6) ChS(1)  7) ETL(4) 8) "Icknield"(Yes)  9) "Black"(Yes)  10) "Ray"(No).

Route Card 5
Hidden Departures 2

TC5A @ Bridge in 7599, depart SW
TC5B @ 635 047

NE  SE  NOS  NE  SE  W  NE  SE  W  NOS  EOS  NOS  EOS  NOS
Progressive letters e.g. NE = (N)orth w(E)st; more diificult was NOS = (N)orth n(O)rth/s(O)uth ea(S)t/we(S)t since you had to work out which combination fitted etc. 
The correct sequence was NW SW NNW NW SW W NW SW W NNW ENE NNE ESE NNE.

19  37  51  60  37  23  42  60
Sum letters of the alphabet: N=14, E=5, W=23, S=19. So, NE = 14+5 = 19. 
The correct sequence was NE NW NNW WNW NW W SW WNW.

4  554  54  454  554  4  54  54  54
Number of letters: N=5, S=5. E=4, W=4. You had to work out which combination fitted.
The Correct sequence was W SSW SE ESE SSE W SW SW SE.

NWNWNWNEWNNWNWWSWWWSNENENWSWS
Unpunctuated series decoded as NW NW NW NE W NNW N W WSW W W (there was a W missing!) S  N ENE N WSW S.

Least answered, so I guess at least favourite.

SH149, Crowell, Ch+(1), B4009, O>Y, Ch+(2), YYY(1), SH109, Y>W(1), W>Y, Y>W(2), W>R(1), A40, R>W, YYY(2), S7097, GN8, GN9, T(1), ChS(1), YYY(3), SH115, YYY(4), Adwell, Y>W(3), Ch+(3), W>Y, Y>R, T(2), A40, SH105, R>Y, SH88, YYY(5), T(3), ChS(2), Y>O, B4446, O>Y, YYY(6), Y>O, SH72, B4012, Greys Mead, O>W(1), Ch+(4), O>W, SH79, SH101, SH109, A40, SH85, SH96, R>W, Ch+(5), ChS(3), Moreton, W>Y, Y>R, A329,  SH69, SH82, R>W, "Chapel", W>R(2), A418, SH69, R>W, W>R(3), SH64, R>W, W>Y, Y>R, A418, T(4), R>Y, YYY(7), Waterstock, T(5), N6305, Y>R, A40

Answer the following Route Checks
1) S(7097)  2) N(6305)  3) T(5)  4) Y>W(3)  5) "Chapel"(Yes)  6) W>R(3)  7) ChS(3)  8) O>W(1)  9) Ch+(5/6)  10) YYY(7).

Route Card 6
Legendary Sequence

TC6A @ 635 047
TC6B @ SH134 in 8205

25<4203<4523023>425>45<4(<)>4<4(>)>4(<)151<4>4<4>4131>4123532>4<43>415>41

Types of yellow roads are either greater than 4 metres wide (>4) or less than 4 metres wide (<4). Taking 4 as a base, other coloured roads become 0=Blue, 1=Green, 2=Red, 3=Orange, 5=White.

A40, R>W(1), W>Y, Y>R, A329, R>B, M40, ETL(1), "125", B>O, B4009, O>Y, Y>W(1), W>R, A40, R>O(1), B4009, O>B, M40, B>R, A40, R>O(2), B482, S7695, O>Y, Y>R, A40, R>W(2), W>Y, SH208, Y>W(2), W>Y, <, >, ETL(2), ETL(3), <, ETL(4), SH129, RU(1), Y>G, A4010, SH125, G>Y, RO(1), RO?, GN8, RU(2), RO(2), ETL(5), Y>G, A4010, SH126, G>O, B4444, O>G, A4010, G>Y, Y>G, A4010, G>R, A4129, RU(3), R>O(3), B4009, B4444, O>W(1), W>O, B4444, O>R, A4129, R>Y, N7905, Y>O, B4009, O>Y, RU(4), Y>G, A4010, G>W, W>Y, Y>G, A4010

Link to TC7A.

Answer the following Route Checks
1) S(7695)  2) N(7905)  3) O>W(1)  4) R>W(2)  5) "125"(Yes)  6) Y>W(2)  7) ETL(5)  8) RO(2/3)  9) RU(4)  10) R>O(3).

Route Card 7
Cover Charge

TC7A @ Dolgellau (83525 07750)
TC7B @ Salisbury (9115 0120)

via Bury St Edmunds, King's Lynn, High Wycombe, Swansea, Torquay, Bournemouth. Tunbridge Wells, Ashford, Hastings, , Truro, Lowestoft, Derby, Crawley

Look at the map cover. Dolgellau is on map number 124, Bury St Edmunds is on map 155, King's Lynn is on map 132 etc. Use these numbers as Spot Heights on route. The double comma after Hastings is because the en route SH143 has no town associated with the map number. The full sequence of spot heights is 124 155 132 175 159 202 195 188 189 199 204 134 128 187 184.

SH124, B4009, O>Y, RD?, <(1), Not "Bacombe", [<(2), <(3),  or <<?], >(1), S, RO(1), YGG(1), YGG(2), ETL(1), SH155, RO(2), YGG(3), RO(3), YGG(4), RD(1), Y>W?, SH132, U, RD(2), RD(3), N, SH175, RD(4), SH159, D, RD(5), RD(6), RD(7), <(4), C, Not "Lanes", SH202, SH195, C, SH188, SH189, SH199, Y>W(1), ETL(2), W>G, YGG(5), SH143, YGG(6), RD(8), YGG(7), RO(4), <(5), SH204, >(2), SH134, RO(5), YGG(8), SH128, G>O, O>Y, ETL(3), SH187, Y>O, SH184.

Link to TC8A.

Answer the following Route Checks
1) >(2)  2) <(3/5)  3) Red Diamonds(8/9)  4) Y>W(1/2),  5) LETTERS(SUNDCC)  6) RO(5)  7) YGG(8)  8) ETL(3)  9) "Bacombe"(No)  10) "Lanes"(No).

Route Card 8
H2r 1ngb0n3

TC8A @ SH115 in 9099
TC8B @ ETL in 9199 on A413

A disguised herringbone where the numbers indicated the number of side bones and some bones were omitted. The full bone was:

001101110100200000001010103111101
110010101021011111110101020000020

1020112100011111101001000000010111
0101010011100100010110111111101000

G>Y, RU, SH186, Y>R>Y, ETL?, ETL?, SH133, GN8, GN6, YYYY(1), Ch+(1), Honor End Fm, YYYY(2), Hampden Bottom Fm, Y>W(1), SH172, >(1), SH129, N8204/8205, SH162, <(1), <(2), >?, W8102, SH149, SH138, SH176, ETL(1), Loosley Row, Ch+(2), YYYY(3), YYYYW, Ch+(3), Y>W(2), Ch+(4), W>Y, YYYY(4), SH201, <(3), SH176, Y>W(3), ETL(2), W>Y, YYYY(5), Redland End, YYYY(6), YYYY(7), ETL(3), Y>W(4), W>Y, Ch+(5), ETL(4), GN8, >(2), GN5, SH163, ETL(5), Ch+(6), YYYY(8), SH175, Y>R, A4128, Ch+(7), R>Y, S8795, Four Ashes, SH174NE, Ch+(8), Y>W(5), W>Y, ETL(6), Little Boys, Y>G

Answer the following Route Checks
1) N(8204/8205)  2) S(8795)  3) W(8102)  4) GN(8685)  5) YYYY(8)  6) >(2/3)  7) <(3)  8) Y>W(5)  9) ETL(6/8)  10) Ch+(8).

Route Card 9
Claim if gents routecard (Anag.)

TC9A @ ETL in 9199 on A413
TC9B @ at last junction (9250 9965)

The anagram was "distance from graticle" - the one in 9297.

via the following junctions:

2.04 1.62 1.48 1.38 1.24 0.94 0.77 0.69 0.69 0.73 0.98 1.70 2.1 1.52 1.59 1.50 1.00 1.12 0.78 0.63 1.83 1.75 1.75 1.61 1.81 1.81 2.30

G>Y(1),  Ch(1), ETL(1), ETL(2), Y>W(1), W>Y, SH169, Y>W(2), WWW(1), W>R, SH166, W9096, R>Y, S9195, SH136, T(1), Ch(2), Y>R, "163", R>W, W>Y, Y>W(3), ETL(3), ETL(4), W>G, E9398, G>Y(2), Y>G, T(2), Y>G, G>Y(3), 

Link to TC10A.

Answer the following Route Checks
1) ETL(4)  2) Y>W(3)  3) S(9195)  4) E(9398)  5) W(9096)  6) WWW(1)  7) T(2)  8) Ch(2)  9) G>Y(3)  10) "163"(Yes).

Route Card 10
cloverleaf 1

TC10A @ SH163 in 9300
TC10B @ 990 005

occ efe occ occ efr lff lff efl lff efl efl lfa efl efr lfa lfa efr lfe efr lfl 
efr lfl lfe efl lfe lfe lfa lfa lfa efe lfa efe lfe efe efa lfe eff eff lfa eff 
eff lff efa efa occ occ occ 

First decode the letters to numbers using c=0, l=1, o=2, v=3, e=4, r=5, l=6, e=7, a=8, f=9. Resolve the double meanings of e and l. You ended up with a series of full grid line numbers that you had to cross as follows:

200 494 200 200 495 199 199 496 199 496 496 198 496 495 198 198 495 197 495 196 495 196 197 496 197 197 198 198 198 497 198 497 197 497 498 197 499 499 198 499 499 199 498 498 200 200 200

This route card caused the biggest controversy, depending upon whether you considered the shortest route white through the church in 9897 was a through road or not. Strictly it's not according to rule 18, if you consider a church to be a building - which it isn't according to the legend. Nor is the northern end of the white road particularly obvious. Nonetheless you were divided on your interpretations so I've decided to allow both solutions. (anyone live to Amersham to tell us the facts?)

200, YYY(1), 494, YYY(2), 200, YYY(3), 200, 495, Y>W, 199(1), 199(2), W>Y(1), 496, Y>R, SH163, 199(3), R>W(1), 496, 496, W>R, R>Y, RU(1), 198, 496, >, YYY(4), YYY(5), Martles Green, 495, 198, YYY(6), Y>G, 198, 495, 197, G>R, 495, ETL(1), R>Y, 196, 495, Y>W, S9595, Not TP169, W>Y(2), Y>G, ETL(2), 196, 197, 496, 197, 197, G>R, R>W(2), 198, 198, 198, RO(1), 497, W>R, SH142, RU(2), 198, 497, R>G, 197, 497, SH98, 498, 197, W>Y(3)

then
Y>R, 499(4), RU(3), R>W(3), E9997, 499(5), W>Y(4), 198, 499(6), 499(7), 199(8), SH88, 498, YYY(7), 498, 200, 200, 200, YYY(8)
or
Y>W, 499(4), W>O, O>R, 499(5), R>Y, RO(2), 198, 499(6), E9998, 499(7), 199(8), SH88, 498, YYY(7), 498, 200, 200, 200, YYY(8)

Answer the following Route Checks
1) R>W(3)  2) W>Y(4)  3) SH(163,142,98,88)  4) S(9595)  5) E(9997)  6) GL99(8)  7) RO(1)  8) RU(3)  9) YYY(8)  10) ETL(2) or
1) R>W(2)  2) W>Y(3)  3) SH(163,142,98,88)  4) S(9595)  5) E(9998)  6) GL99(8)  7) RO(2)  8) RU(2)  9) YYY(8)  10) ETL(2) or

Route Card 11
Cloverleaf 2

TC11A @ 990 005
TC11B @ 930 077

S, YYY(1), GN9, GN9, Y>W, W>Y(1), YYY(2), YYY(3), YYYY, Ch(1), YYY(4), YYY(5), YYY(6), Y>W, W>Y(2), SH158, Y>W, W>O, ETL, H. O>Y, Y>W, W>Y(3), ETL, SH162, Y>R, R>W, WWW(1), Ch(2), W>R, Ch(3), R>Y, Y>W, W>Y(4), YYY(7), SH116, YYY(8), SH131, YYY(9), SH171, YYY(10), GL08(1), SH182, YYY(11), "Lodge", YYY(12), YYY(13), Wigginton Bottom, YYY(14), SH193, YYY(15), GL08(2), YYY(16), YYY(17), Y>W, Tring Grange Fm, GL08(3), W>Y(5), GL08(4), SH182, YYY(18), GL08(5), SH196, YYY(19), YYY(20), N9210, H, YYY(21), SH244, GL08(6)

Answer the following Route Checks
1) W>Y(5)  2) SH3(116)  3) N(9210)  4) WWW(1)  5) "Lodge"(Yes)  6) GL08(6)  7) Ch(3)  8) LETTERS(SHH)  9) GN(99)  10) YYY(21).

Route Card 12
Final Fling

TC12A @ 930 077SE
TC12B @ ?SH188

84104105 11510511 59711810 11141211 01971151 21114111 11711610 19997114 10046651 08108121 11111710 49711810 11161111 00111105 11511611 49711810 11081161 11115112 11111610 41011051 03104116 49565611 81059780 97114114 11111611 63911570 10946

There was a clue in "Ansi the following Route Checks". The number sequence was the ANSI representation of the sentence (with the spaces omitted): "This is a very easy routecard. All you have to do is travel  to spot height 188 via Parrott's Fm."

YYY(1), E9307, YYY(2), GL93, YYY(3), Ch+, "fort", Parrott's Fm, YYY(4), T, W9207, GL07, YYY(5), S9206, SH188

Ansi the following Route Checks
1) First GL(93)  2) Last GL(07)  3) YYY(5)  4) T(1)  5) Ch+(1)  6) E(9307)  7) "fort"(Yes)  8) ^(0)  9) S(9206)  10) W(9207).