Route Card 1
Maximiser

Solution & Route
B5300, (SH8), (SH6), (O>W), W lay-by, (W>O), B5300, (SH7), (O>W), W through Allonby, (W>Y), Y, (Y>W), W, (W>O), B5300, (SH6), (O>Y), Y, (GL10), (Y>W), (GL10?), (GL10?), (GL10), W through Edderside, (W>O), Y, (SH34), (Y>W), W through New Cowper, (W>O), Y, Goodyhills, almost Low Tarns, (GL10), almost Maybray Hayrigg, (GL10), Newtown, (T), Cowgate, (Y>W), W through Mawbray near PH, (W>Y), Y, (Y>O), B5300, (SH7), (O>Y), Y triangle, (Y>O), B5300, not TP10, (SH7), (T), (O>W), W, Y then either
A) W, (W>Y), Y, (Y>O), B5300, (O>Y), Y, (GL10), Wolsty, (Y>W), W, The Close, 120 519.5 (White) (TC1B) or
B) W, (W>Y), Y, (GL10), Wolsty, Wolsty Hall, (GL10), (Y>O), B5300, (GL10), 109 519.99 (Orange) (TC1B)

Comments
> Had to allow two possible sets of answers for this. My intended finish was at 120 519.5 (TC1B) - route A - for a short link to TC2A. However a longer - route B - left you with a route clash for Route Card 2. You were marked according to A or B, whichever gave you the best score.
> Two values were allowed for 9) depending on whether you believe the road crossed the grid line on the W through Edderside.
> Poorest answered. Many missed spot heights.

Route Check Answers
A>   1) 3  2) 3  3) 3  4) 5  5) 2  6) 5  7) 8,6,7,6,34,7,7  8) White  9) 5/7  10) 2
B>   1) 3  2) 2  3) 3  4) 4  5) 2  6) 5  7) 8,6,7,6,34,7,7  8) Orange  9) 7/9  10) 2

Route Card 2
Grid Shift

The real grid was based upon 09400 53025, hence the true map references to follow were:

Solution
NE1160052325   1102552650SE   S1100053100ENE   
ESE1110053550WNW   WNW1115053700ESE   1110053800NNE   
S1190054250NW   1200054000   1235053375   
1235053650   1295054250   1270053450

Route
Y, (GL13), (GL13), The Windmill, Y, (Y>W), W, Y, B5301, B5302, L into W, L at T junction, (GL11), (Westmost), (W>O), R onto B5302, L into W, (GL11?), (GL11?), (GL11) on W, (W>O), B5302, W, WYYW, (Y>W), (GL11), (W>O), B5302, (GL11), Y, YYYW, (Y>W), W, WYYY, YWY, (W>O), (Y>W), W, WOO, B5302, (GL54), (SH8), (T), W, Y, (T), (Northmost), (SH5), (GL13), (SH5), (Y>W), W, Right, Left, (GL13), Right, Left @ T, Right, (GL54), ("Est"), Right, Right, (GL54), (GL54), Right, (W>O), B5302, W, Right, SO, SO, SOXX, RightX, LeftX, (GL54), RightX, (GL13), (GL54), Right @ T, (GL13), SO, Right, (W>O), B5302, (GL13), Meadow Lodge, TC2B

Comments
> The best way to solve this was to draw an Eastings/Northings grid on some tracing paper, plot the references and directions, and then try to fit the tracing to the map. Get the reference for the true origin,  recalulate the map references and then plot accurately on the map.
> Two answers allowed for RC4, depending on which (equidistant) way round the whites @ 110530.

Route Check Answers
1) 1255  2) 1052  3) 8, 5, 5  4) 4/6  5) 6  6) 6  7) 5  8) 2  9) Yes  10) 7

Route Card 3
Route Card T

Navigation was via the first letter of numbers (grid lines and spot heights) with the odd (w)hite road thrown in. You should have decoded the string as follows:

Solution
FiftyThree Fifteen Fifteen Fifteen Nine ... FT S w FT N FT S FO S S S w F F FN FE F w FE w FN w FN T FN FN T T

Route
GL53 (GL15) (YOO) (GL15) (YYW) (GL15) (SH9)(X) (YOO) GL53 GL16 (YYW) W GL53 (YYY) (SH9) GL52 GL17 (Eastmost) GL51 (YOO) GL17 (YOO) (SH17) (YYY) GL16 (YYW) W  GL50 (YYW) (YYY) (GL15) (YYY) (GL49) (YYY) (YYY) GL48 GL14 (YYY) (Southmost) (YYW) W GL48 (YYW) (YYY) (YYW) W (YYYW)(X) (YYY) (GL49) (YYY) (YYW) W (YYW) (YYY) (YYY) (GL49) (YYY) GL13 (YYY) (GL49) (YOO) (GL49) GL12 GL12

Route Check Answers
1) 5  2) 9  3) 9, 9, 17  4) 14  5) 1  6) 5  7) 4  8) 1750  9) 1347  10) 2

Route Card 4
WhitE OrangE YelloW

A colour sequence of sections of roads between junctions, where W could be Yellow or White, E could be White or Orange.

Solution & Route
O (O>Y) Y (YYY) Tarns Y O (O>Y) Y Low Tarns (Westmost)(YYY) Y O SH35 O O (WOO) W (WYY) Y O SH14 O (WOO) W (WOO) O O (O>Y) Y (WYY) W Howrigg O W (WYY) Y (WYY) W Warwick Hall (Southmost) (WOO) O (O>Y) Y (YYY) Y SH51 (WYY) W (WYY) Y (YYY) Y (YYY) Y (YYY) Y SH18(4th) (WYY) W Y Y (WYY) W Crooklands (WYY) Y (YYY) Y (T) (GL20) (GL20) O SH26 (O>Y) Y (GL20) (Northmost) (YYY) Y (WYY) W Y W SH29 (GL20) (GL20) (GL20) (GL20) (WOO) O (WOO) W Y O (TC4B)

Route Check Answers
1) 18  2) 1  3) 10  4) 6  5) 2050  6) 1343  7) 1147  8) 5  9) 7  10) 8.

Route Card 5
paG ehT egdirB

The clue was in the title. Reverse each clue, which gave the numerical distance in kilometres between bridges used on route.

Solution
0.75 1.25 1.69 2.43 6.75 1.29 0.49 0.72 0.24 1.68 1.38

Route
B5302 T Br (O>Y) Lessonhall (YYY) Y Br SH12 (YYY) B5307 (D) (O>Y) Y (D) Br (D) (Westmost) (DDDDD) [Five Diamonds!] B5307 (DDDDD) [Five Diamonds!] SH7 (O>Y) Y (D) Br (D) Whiterigg (YYY) (D) (GL23) (YYY) (D) (YYY) (Northmost) (D) (D) Br B5307 Br (O>Y) Y Br (GL23) (D) B5307 (GL23) Br (O>Y) Y (GL23) (D) (D) (GL23) SH9 (Y>W) W Y Br (YYY) (Eastmost) Wampool (Y>W) W Br Y SH9 TC5B

Route Check Answers
1) 2358  2) 2455  3) 1852  4) No  5) 22  6) 5  7) 5  8) 6  9) 2  10) No.

Route Card 6
O U should get this

Simply overs and unders (just a lot of them) on different colours of road.

Solution & Route
Eskrigg Oulton (T?) SH18 (GL50) (GL50) Moorhouse SH34 Drumleaning Thornby (Eastmost) Hardcake Yellows Parton (GL50) A596 SH23 B5302 Y (Y>W) Spittal (BrU) B5302 SH26 W A596 Longhead (GL24) SH28(5th) B5302 (GL24) A596 B5302 Y (GL47) SH53 SH42 (GL24) (GL46) SH57 SH59 (T) (GL46) Woodlands SH43 (Y>W?) (GL47) A596 (GL47) Y (GL47) SH39 (GL47) A596 SH37 (GL46) (Y>W) Crummock Y TP61 A596 Y (GL46) (Y>W) (GL46) Y A596 TC6B

Comments
> The T in 2450 was debatable, so two possibilities for RC5. Not sure how some competitors found 4?
> RC10 was difficult to mark because of the bridge in 2147. Is it two bridges or one long one? It two, you should use the white through Barugh; if one, you should not. I allowed both.

Route Check Answers
1) 28  2) 1  3) 41  4) 3051  5) 1/2  6) 3  7) 5  8) 3  9) 5  10) 3/4.

Route Card 7
Square.Kilometres

The first digit of the decimal number indicated the direction of leaving a kilometre square, where 1 = South, 2= West, 3 = East, 4 = North. The decimal part was the distance along or above the axis of the grid line where you left the square.

Solution & Route
SSE W GL43 GL43 GL17 (WWW) "Brayton" (WWW) CH B5299 (GGO) (Westmost) Y 59 (GL41) Fitz Y>W (GL41) Mechi Blennerhasset Y>W  (WWW) (WWW) (GL41) "94" Y A595 (GL41) SH98 (GGO) (GGO) (T) B5299 ("101") O>W A595 Y SH119 SH126 (GL41) SH149 B5299 Y GL24 (T) TC7B(Sandale)

Comments
> I still can't decide whether "101" is within 200 metres. Marginal, so I accepted Yes and No.

Route Check Answers
1) 1541 2) 5  3) 2  4) 4  5) 3  6) Yes  7) No  8) Yes  9) Yes/No  10) No.

Route Card 8
R U game?

Via spot heights based upon the value of the previous spot height. For example the first clue UURD = U(p a square), U(p a square), R(ight a square), D(own from the value of the previous spot height 176>138).

Solution & Route
TC8A (YYY) (>) (Br) SH138 (GL27) (GL44) SH115 (GL27) (YYY) (YYY) SH82 (YYY) (Br) (GL44) SH115 (YYY) (GL44) (YYY) (Br) SH67(5th) A595 W (WGG) Y W (WGG) B5304 SH64 (Br) (Northernmost) Y (YYY) SH59 (GL27) B5305 A595 B5305 SH83 Y (YYY) SH98 (YYY) ("House") B5305 Y Reathwaite (GL44) (YYY) (YYY) SH266 (YYY) B5299 SH272 (O>W) B5299 TC8B

Comments
> SH272 in 3141 is arguably not at the crossroads although there is a dot, but most assumed correctly that was the intended route.

Route Check Answers
1) 2547  2) Yes  3) 1  4) 2  5) 67  6) 1  7) 12  8) 4  9) 3  10) 4.

Route Card 9
Square Routes

Pass through kilometre squares defined by the number of roads exiting them to the North, East, South, West as follows:

Solution & Route
1221(3443) SH159 1100(3343) 0212(3344) (Br) 2200(3244) 0021(3245) (T) 2122(3145) 2120(3146) 1122(3147) SH66 (GL48) 1110(3148) (Northmost, Westmost) 1111(3248) (GL48) 1101(3247) 1211(3347) (YYW?) (GL48) 1211(3348) (E) (Br) (YYW) 0222(3448) (GL48) 2012(3447) 1211(3347) 2012(3447) 1111(3446) 0211(3546) 1102(3646)(Eastmost) 0211(3546) 1011(3545) SH126(3rd) 1110(3445) 1112(3444) (YYW) (>) 0212(3344) 1112(3444) 1221(3443)

Comments
> Two answers allowed for RC8 since unsure whether the White meets the Yellow in GS3347.

Route Check Answers
1) 3148  2) 3148  3) 3646  4) 1  5) 1  6) 2  7) 1  8) 2/3  9) 4  10) 126.

Route Card 10
Map Bits

Solution & Route
MB1(3544), Bellbridge, Sebergham, (BrO), (<), MB2(3641), (Y>W), SH92(1st), (<), MB3(3742), Hudbeck, Breconhill, MB4(3745), (Y>W), ("Flat") Bank, (BrO), MB5(3846), (Y>W), MB6(3748), SH81, SH105, Bird's Hill, SH127, ("Gyll"), MB7(3846), (BrO), SH98, MB8(3744), MB14(3842), (BrO), (<), ("Beck"), SH142, MB10(4041), Howes, (Southmost), (Y>W), MB13(4340), Colt Close, (Eastmost), (Y>W), Broadfield Ho, MB11(4344), MB16(4144), Knight's Lodge, (>), MB9(3944), (BrO), SH113, MB12(3944), (Y>W), MB15(4044), 155, TC10B(410 460.5).

Comments
> The intention was for you to depart TC10A to the SSW after a short link from TC9B. However, if you tackled this Route Card before RC9, the shortest route to the first map bit (MB) would have taken you NNE. This had no effect on the required answers though.
> Two answers allowed for RC7 since it was debatable whether the green circle at the junction in 3846 was on the route. 
> Two answers allowed for RC4 since a temporary "Update" misdefined a Bridge Over.
> Several competitors choses a longer route via Stockwell Hall rather than via Sebergham.
> Several missed the blue "Beck".

Route Check Answers
1) 4240  2) 4442  3) 4  4) 5/0  5) 5  6) 92  7) 23/34  8) Yes  9) Yes  10) Yes.

Route Card 11
Almost 78 and back

Via numbered or unnumbered roads almost until you reach map 78 and back as follows:

Solution & Route
[Y-] (Southmost) [W-] (W>B) [M6] (RU) [A6] [M6] (RO) (RO) (B>G) [A69] [M6] (B>G) [A7] [A74] (EEEEE) [S-] [A74] (RO) (E) [A6071] [W-] (W>B) [A74] (B>G) [A75] [B721] [B7076] (RO) (O>Y) [Y-] [A74] [S-] (W>B) (E) [A74] (B>O) [B7076] (O>W) [W-] [B7076] (RO) [B6357] [A74] (RO) (B>O) [B722] [B7076] (O>Y) [Y-] [B7076] (RO) (RO) (Northmost) [B723] [A74] (RO) (RO) (B>O) [B725] [A74] (RO) (RO) (E) [S-] [B7076] (O>Y) [Y-] (RU) (E) [A6071] (RO) (E) (RO) [A74] (EEEEEE) (B>G?) [A7] [M6] (E) (B>G) [A69] (E) [M6] (RO) (RO) [A6] (RU) [M6] [S-] [Y-]

Comments
> Possible B>G from A74 to A7 on way back, hence two answers for RC4.
> RC8 - extra 2 crossings if you consider dismantled railway in 3860.

Route Check Answers
1) 1479  2) 4444  3) 18  4) 4/5  5) 3  6) 3  7) 3  8) 16/18  9) 3  10) 1.

Route Card 12
Digitally Squared

Via kilometre squares defined by the sum of the individual digits contained in them. Proportions were used when numbers straddled the grid line.

Solution
4[1+1+2][4347]  0[4447]  22[1+1+8+5+6+1][4448]  14[1+1+3+1+8]][4348]  8[8][4349]  16[3+4+7+2][4350]  6[2+4][4250]  11[7+4][4251]  14[6+8]][4151]  28[7+1+1+4+7+8][4150]  2[1+1][4149]  27[4+9+5+2.5+2+4.5][4049]  8[8][3949]  13[9+4][3950]  6.5[4+2.5][4050]  13[9+4][3950]  11[8+3][3850]  16[7+9][3849]  12[6+6][3749]  9[6+3][3650]  17[7+3+7][3750]  9[6+3][3650]  14[5+3+1+6][3550]  12[4+8][3551]  18[6+5+7][3552]  3.8[3.8][3553]  14.5[6+4+2+2.5][3554]  5[5][3654]  19[5+9+5][3653]  5[5][3753]  25[3+3+4+6+8.9+0.1][3853]  15.9[5+2+8.9][3852]  25[3+3+4+6+8.9+0.1][3853]  0[3953]  25[3+3+4+6+8.9+0.1][3853]

Route
(BrU) (BrO) (Eastmost) (BrO) SH56 (BrU) (T) (BrU) SH71 (E) (E) SH95(3rd) (E) (E) (T) (E) (E) SH66 (BrO) (W>Y) (BrO) (E) SH57(5th) (W>Y) (Westmost) (E) (Northmost) (E) (E) (E) (W>Y)

Comments
> SH48 in 3551 should be ignored - no dot or circle.
> RC4 - 10 or 11 allowed depending on whether you included the obscured ETL under Dunbar in 4050. This was shortest route so T nearby not allowed.
> Two combinations of answers allowed for RC5 and RC6 since a temporary "Update" misdefined a Bridge Over.

Route Check Answers
1) 3654  2) 4448  3) 3553  4) 10/11  5) 4/3  6) 3/4  7) 3  8) 95  9) 57  10) 2.