Well, I have to admit; Charlene was right to get me to ask you guys, wasn't she? I've had this clue a week and haven't even been able to figure out the first bit, and you've all had it one night and cracked the lot. I'm in awe!
So, according to you clever lot, the first part of the inscription takes you to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, specifically to a fountain outside of it called the River, or more popularly 'The Floozie in the Jacuzzi'. Why someone would call a fountain that, I've no idea!
Anyway, Caterpillar and Lisa figured out that using the letters in the third part of the clue with the TS Eliot text on the fountain spelt out 'Potteries Museum'. That's a museum up in Stoke-on-Trent, which isn't too far from here, all things considered.
I've also had a couple of you suggest that the item Flynn is looking for might just have something to do with the Staffordshire Hoard. The largest collection of Anglo Saxon gold ever found? Sounds promising to me. Of course, there's no way that Flynn would be after the whole thing, so it must be some one part of it... 1500 objects. I don't want to have to sift through all of those looking for items of particular magical or mythical importance, don't know about you guys!
So, today, HISTORY ROADTRIP.
I'm going to head to Birmingham first. Maybe there will be some other clue there that'll help us (ok, most likely you) to figure out what part of the hoard we're looking for. Then I'll drive up the M6 to Stoke. Not looking forward to the M6 part - I know it's been a long time since I was in England's green and pleasant land, but I can remember enough to have bad memories about that particular road way.
Wish me luck!
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